What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) On January 24, 2001 N17AE a Beech king air reported an engine problem during climb out from runway 2 center at the Nashville, TN airport. The a/c made a right turn and crashed into the airport property. The a/c burned. Three passengers died. The pilot was severly burned. (.4) shortly after takeoff at less than 200 feet above ground level the pilot reported an engine failure, and requested to return to the airport. The controller saw the airplane in a right turn, descending, and observed the airplane level its wings just prior to impact with the tips of trees. The airplane collided with terrain approximately 2,000 feet east of the approach end of runway 20L. A post crash fire ensued and consumed a majority of the airplane. Examination of both engines displayed contact signatures to their internal components characteristic of the engines being powered, with the propellers out of feather at the time of impact, and a low power range. Examination of the propellers found the left propeller blades showed more damage then the blades from the right propeller. Both propellers were rotating with considerable rotational energy. However, examination showed that the l eft propeller had more power then the right.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON JANUARY 24, 2001 N17AE A BEECH KING AIR REPORTED AN ENGINE PROBLEM DURING CLIMB OUT FROM RUNWAY 2 CENTER AT THE NASHVILLE, TN AIRPORT. THE A/C MADE A RIGHT TURN AND CRASHED INTO THE AIRPORT PROPERTY. THE A/C BURNED. THREE PASSENGERS DIED. THE PILOT WAS SEVERLY BURNED. (.4) SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AT LESS THAN 200 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL THE PILOT REPORTED AN ENGINE FAILURE, AND REQUESTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. THE CONTROLLER SAW THE AIRPLANE IN A RIGHT TURN, DESCENDING, AND OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE LEVEL ITS WINGS JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT WITH THE TIPS OF TREES. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY 2,000 FEET EAST OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 20L. A POST CRASH FIRE ENSUED AND CONSUMED A MAJORITY OF THE AIRPLANE. EXAMINATION OF BOTH ENGINES DISPLAYED CONTACT SIGNATURES TO THEIR INTERNAL COMPONENTS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ENGINES BEING POWERED, WITH THE PROPELLERS OUT OF FEATHER AT THE TIME OF IMPACT, AND A LOW POWER RANGE. EXAMINATION OF THE PROPELLERS FOUND THE LEFT PROPELLER BLADES SHOWED MORE DAMAGE THEN THE BLADES FROM THE RIGHT PROPELLER. BOTH PROPELLERS WERE ROTATING WITH CONSIDERABLE ROTATIONAL ENERGY. HOWEVER, EXAMINATION SHOWED THAT THE L EFT PROPELLER HAD MORE POWER THEN THE RIGHT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.