# Accident 20091026053819A: Beech B100, Benavides, TX, October 26, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2009, 11:41 local time
- Place: Benavides, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7689° N, 97.5006° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7689&lon=-97.5006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N729MS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N729MS-2015-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B100 (registry code 1152919, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B100
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091026053819A

## Narrative

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

ON OCT 26,2009, N729MS A BEECH 100 WENT INTO WEATHER ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE AND HAD AN ENFLIGHT BREAK UP, PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THERE WAS AN ENFLIGHT FIRE AND LANDED INVERTED.

## 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 CEN10FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA028), Oct 26, 2009: Beech B100 (N729MS), Benavides, TX, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to avoid severe weather, and the air traffic controller's failure to provide adverse weather avoidance assistance, as required by Federal Aviation Administration directives, both…

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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