# Accident 20050111000209A: Beech E90, Rawlings, WY, January 11, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2005, 21:45 local time
- Place: Rawlings, WY
- Airport: Rawlings Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: OGQA
- Location: 41.8186° N, 107.1528° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8186&lon=-107.1528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41WE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41WE-2006-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-90 (registry code 1152914, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-90) (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 E90
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 4,765 total, 413 in this make and model, 118 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05FA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050111000209A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N41WE, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN WHILE FLYING THE VOR/GPS RUNWAY 22 APPROACH TO RAWLINS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT/HARVEY FIELD (RWL), RAWLINS, WYOMING. NIGHT INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE AIR AMBULANCE REPOSITIONING FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 135. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, AND TWO CREW MEMBERS SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. ONE CREW MEMBER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. ACCORDING TO DENVER AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER, THE AIRPLANE WAS LOST FROM RADAR AT 9,200 FEET MSL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROCEDURE TURN FOR THE INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO RUNWAY 22 AT 2142. AT 2140, THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVATION SYSTEM AT RWL REPORTED THE WEATHER AS WINDS 250 AT 3 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 2 STATUTE MILES IN LIGHT SNOW AND MIST; SKY CONDITION FEW 500 FEET AGL, SCATTERED 900 FEET AGL, OVERCAST 1,500 FEET AGL; TEMPERATURE 32 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT (F), DEWPOINT 32 DEGREES F, ALTIMETER 29.35. SEVERAL WITNESSES IN THE VICINITY OF THE ACCIDENT SITE REPORTED WEATHER CONDITIONS VARYING FROM LIGHT SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN.

## 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 DEN05FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05FA051), Jan 12, 2005: Beech BE-90 (N41WE), Rawlins, WY, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent flight into adverse weather [severe icing] conditions, resulting in an aerodynamic stall impact with rising, mountainous terrain during approach. A factor contributing to the…

## Other reports on N41WE (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20011127035069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011127035069I), Nov 27, 2001: Beech E90 (N41WE), Akron, OH, Minor damage. (-23) Crew could not fully extend or retract left main landing gear. Crew landed with the gear handle selected "up". The left gear retracted on touch down…

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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