# Accident 20040131003159A: Beech C90, January 31, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2004, 16:21 local time
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.3186° N, 80.9006° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.3186&lon=-80.9006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75GC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75GC-2015-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C90 (registry code 1152913, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C90
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A60A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04FA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040131003159A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS OFFICE CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION OF THE MAINTENANCE RECORD OF BEECH CRAFT C-90, SERIAL NUMBER LJ727, REGISTRATION NUMBER N75GC, AND THE FINDING WERE AS FOLLOWS: ON MARCH 10, 2003 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AIRFRAME & POWER PLANT AND INSPECTION AUTHORIZATION, ASSISTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONDUCTED A BIENNIAL INSPECTION (COMPLETE) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT BEECH KING AIR 90 SERIES MAINTENANCE MANUAL, SECTION 5-22-02, PAGES 201-234. THE INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOTED THAT DUE TO NON-FUNCTIONAL EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS, SOME CHECKS AND FINAL ENGINE RUN COULD NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PROVIDED THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A LIST OF THE DISCREPANCIES FOUND DURING HIS INSPECTION. 168 DISCREPANCIES WERE IDENTIFIED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND WERE NOT CORRECTED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INFORMED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THAT HE WOULD BE TAKING THE AIRCRAFT TO ANOTHER MAINTENANCE FACILITY TO HAVE THE DISCREPANCIES CORRECTED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SIGNED THE LIST OF DISCREPANCIES AND UN-AIRWORTHY ITEMS, DATED 04/08/03 AND PROVIDED THEM TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED DURING THIS INVESTIGATION PROCESS THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MAIN CONCERN APPEARED TO BE THE COST OF THE REPAIRS AND HE COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT HIS AIRCRAFT NEEDED THE NUMBER OF REPAIRS THAT WERE FOUND DURING HIS BIENNIAL INSPECTION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ELECTED TO HAVE EAGLE AIRCRAFT SERVICES INC. OF FORT LAUDERDALE, FL PERFORM THE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE FOUND DURING THE BIENNIAL INSPECTION. EAGLE AIRCRAFT SERVICES INC. TOWED THE AIRCRAFT ON APRIL 8, 2003 TO THEIR REPAIR FACILITY LOCATED AT 2966 N.W. 60TH STREET, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL. EAGLE AIRCRAFT SERVICES INC., FAA APPROVED REPAIR STATION #VFGR435L OPENED AN ACCOUNT #GLOB FOR THE REPAIRS ON AIRCRAFT N727GC, S/N LJ727 ON APRIL 10, 2003 UNDER THE NAME GLOBAL AEROFLEET INC. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PROVIDED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE FOR EAGLE AIRCRAFT SERVIES INC. THE LIST OF DISCREPANCIES IDENTIFIED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ GAVE THIS LIST TO HIS CHIEF INSPECTOR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO HAVE THEM CORRECTED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CORRECTED A NUMBER OF THE DISCREPANCIES (SEE LIST PROVIDED) BUT WAS TOLD BY THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THAT HE WILL BE DEFERRING SOME ITEMS ON THE LIST PROVIDED. NOTE: EAGLE AIRCRAFT SERVICES INC. DID NOT CORRECT SOME ITEMS IDENTIFIED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COMPILED A LIST DATED JUNE 5, 2003 OF THE DISCREPANCIES, THE CUSTOMER WANTED TO DEFER AND PROVIDED IT TO THE CUSTOMER FOR REVIEW AND A SIGNATURE (SEE LIST PROVIDED). ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ALSO STATED ON THE LIST OF DISCREPANCIES DEFERRED BY THE CUSTOMER THAT IT IS NOT INCLUSIVE OF ANY PREVIOUS NON-DISCLOSED DISCREPANCIES OR ANY THAT MAY ARISE FROM OPERATION CHECKS YET TO BE PERFORMED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ALSO PROVIDED A LIST OF ALL AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES AND SERVICE BULLETINS COMPLETE BY EAGLE AIRCRAFT SERVICES INC. CONCLUSION: BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ABOVE, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT BEECH (KING AIR C-90) (N75GS/S/N LJ727) WAS NOT MAINTAINED IN AN AIRWORTHINESS CONDITION IAW THE MANUFACTURER'S MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

## 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 MIA04FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04FA049), Jan 31, 2004: Beech C90 (N75GC), Homestead, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision which resulted in an encounter with rain showers and turbulence, a loss of aircraft control, and overstress of the airframe.

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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