# Accident 20100118026779A: Beech B-60, Huntsville, AL, January 18, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2010, 13:45 local time
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6922° N, 86.7917° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6922&lon=-86.7917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N810JA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N810JA-2013-07-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B-60 (registry code 1153605, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-541 series (registry code 41536, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-541-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B-60
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10FA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10FA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100118026779A

## Narrative

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

THIS FLIGHT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN IN VMC.  ABOUT THIRTY MILES NORTH OF THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT, HSV AND ABOUT SIXTY EIGHT HUNDRED (6,800) FEET THE RIGHT ENGINE SUSTAINED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO HSV.  WITNESSES STATED THAT THE RIGHT PROP WAS NOT TURNING AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A LEFT WING LOW ATTITUDE AND SKIDDING TO THE LEFT.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES WITH THE LEFT WING AND PROPELLER.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NEAR VERTICAL ATTITUDE.  THE LEFT ENGINE WAS TORN FREE OF THE AIRCRAFT AS WAS THE RIGHT PROPELLER.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY POST IMPACT FIRE.

## 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 ERA10FA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10FA115), Jan 18, 2010: Beech B-60 (N810JA), Madison, AL, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to divert to the nearest suitable airport following a total loss of power in the right engine during cruise flight. Contributing to the accident was the total loss of power in the…

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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