# Accident 20080131831829A: Beech C90, Gulf Shores, AL, January 31, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2008, 14:20 local time
- Place: Gulf Shores, AL
- Airport: Jack Edwards
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3800° N, 88.7056° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3800&lon=-88.7056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N901JB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C90
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08CA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080131831829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING CRUISE FLIGHT FROM TUPELO, MS (TUP) TO GULF SHORES, AL (JKA), AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE AND POSSIBLE WIND SHEAR RESULTING IN RAPID LOSS OF ALTITUDE. AIRCRAFT WAS TOSSED INVERTED NOSE DOWN WITH DRASTIC INCREASE IN AIR SPEED. PILOT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT BUT VIOLENT MANEUVERS RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS. AIRCRAFT LANDED AT JKA WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## 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 NYC08CA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA102), Jan 31, 2008: Beech C90-1 (N901JB), Meridian, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent encounter with in-cloud turbulence.

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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