# Accident 20070919021599A: Beech B90, Chattanooga, TN, September 19, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2007, 20:15 local time
- Place: Chattanooga, TN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0344° N, 85.2022° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0344&lon=-85.2022&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10TM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10TM-2009-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B90 (registry code 1152912, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-21 (registry code 52172, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B90
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A21
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,150 total, 371 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL07LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07LA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070919021599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 09/19/2007, AT 2015 HRS THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OPERATED AIRCRAFT N10TM, A BEECHCRAFT B90 KING AIR, WITH THREE PASSENGERS ON BOARD FROM BIRMINGHAM, AL EN ROUTE TO GEORGETOWN, KY. PILOT DIVERTED TO CHATTANOOGA WHEN HE DISCOVERED THE FUEL QUANTITY WAS LOW. PILOT LOST BOTH ENGINES AND CRASHED LESS THAN ONE MILE FROM THE CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT IN THE PARKING LOT OF BRAINERD VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER. AIRCRAFT STRUCK LIGHT POLE, IMPACTED THE GROUND AND SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 42 YARDS, IMPACTED TWO PARKED CARS AND CAME TO REST AGAINST A UTILITY POLE. ALL ON BOARD EXITED THROUGH THE CABIN DOOR WITH ASSISTANTS. AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE, LEFT AND RIGHT WING, ENGINES AND BOTH PROPELLERS. PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES AND TWO PASSENGERS SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THE LEFT FUEL TANKS RUPTURED, NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL SPILL. ALL OTHER FUEL TANKS EMPTY.

## 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 ATL07LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07LA128), Sep 20, 2007: Beech B90 (N10TM), Chattanooga, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion during the landing approach.

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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