# Accident 20010124000499A: Beech F90, Nashville, TN, January 24, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2001, 15:13 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Nashville International Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1300° N, 86.6539° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1300&lon=-86.6539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17AE-2001-06-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F90 (registry code 1152909, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F90
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A42
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL01FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01FA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010124000499A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL01FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01FA027), Jan 24, 2001: Beech F90-42 (N17AE), Nashville, TN, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to follow loss of engine power emergency procedures by not feathering the propeller following the loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, resulting in a descent and…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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