# Accident 20090508007659A: Beech TC45J, Kingstown, VC, May 8, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2009, 10:00 local time
- Place: Kingstown, VC
- Airport: Kingstown/Arnos Vale
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: XO0A
- Aircraft: N38L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38L-2013-07-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech TC-45J (registry code 1151022, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-tc-45j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH TC45J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,725 total, 44 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090508007659A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 LOCAL TIME ON MAY 8, 2009, AT ST. VINCENT  INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (TVSV), AIRCRAFT N38L A BEECHCRAFT TC-45J (BEECH 18) OPERATED BY MONARCH AIR GROUP, INCURRED AN ACCIDENT.  GUSTY WINDS FROM THE EAST SOUTHEAST DIRECTION PRODUCED A LEFT QUARTERING TAILWIND CONDITION ON THE AIRCRAFT.  ON TAKEOFF ROLL OF RUNWAY 25 THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED ABRUPTLY TO THE LEFT, DUE TO PILOT OVER COMPENSATION OF AN ATTITUDE TO THE RIGHT, AND A GROUND LOOP ENSUED.  THE AIRCRAFT SPUNT ONTO A GRASS STRIP AND COLLIDED WITH THE AIRPORT PERIMETER CHAIN LINK FENCE.  DAMAGE WAS VISIBLY SUSTAINED TO ELEVATOR, RIGHT HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL STABILIZERS, AFT NAVIGATION LIGHT, EMPENNAGE, TAIL WHEEL, RIGHT FLAP, RIGHT WING, RIGHT AILERON, AND RIGHT NAVIGATION LIGHT.  THE LONE OCCUPANT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY VISIBLE INJURIES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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