# Accident 20110527010429A: Beech C90, Camden, SC, May 27, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2011, 14:45 local time
- Place: Camden, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2602° N, 80.6109° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2602&lon=-80.6109&mi=10
- Aircraft: N291CC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N291CC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C90 (registry code 1152913, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C90
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 14,500 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11LA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA330) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110527010429A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 27, 2011 AT 1445 LOCAL TIME A BEECH C90 OWNED BY LP AVIATION, LLC OPERATED UNDER FAR PART 91 WITH 5 PERSONS ON BOARD ON A IFR FLIGHT PLAN RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM CHARLESTON INTERNATAL AIRPORT (KCHS) TO NEWARK, OHIO (KVTA) . THIS WAS NOT REPORTED TO FLIGHT STANDARDS UNTIL JUNE 7, 2011.AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITH NO INJURIES REPORTED.THE PILOT STATED "ON MAY 27TH, I DEPARTED CHARLESTON INTL. AIRPORT (KCHS) AT 2:45 PM WITH FOUR PASSENGERS EN ROUT TO NEWARK, OHIO (KVTA).  TAKE OFF AND CLIMB OUT TO 20,000 FEET WAS ROUTINE WITH INTERMITTENT PERIODS OF LIGHT TURBULENCE.FORECASTED WEATHER FOR MOST OF THE ROUTE PREDICTED THUNDERSTORMS.  ON BOARD WEATHER RADAR AND NEX-RAD CONFIRMED THE FORECAST.AT APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES NORTHWEST OF KCHS, I REQUESTED A COURSE DEVIATION TO A WESTERLY HEADING TO AVOID WEATHER ALONG MY ORIGINAL COURSE.  JACKSONVILLE CENTER APPROVED THE COURSE CHANGE BUT LIMITED THE TURN TO 30 DEGREES LEFT.  ON REACHING THE NEW HEADING, I REALIZED AN ADDITIONAL 30 TO 45 DEGREES LEFT WAS NECESSARY AND REQUESTED THE CHANGE.  CENTER DID NOT REPLY.  AFTER TWO MORE REQUESTS WITHOUT A REPLY FROM CENTER, I STARTED THE TURN AND, AS I ROLLED INTO THE BANK, ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TURBULENCE FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 SECONDS THEN PERIODS OF MODERATE TO SEVERE TURBULENCE FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES FOLLOWED BY LIGHT TO MODERATE TURBULENCE FOR 4-5 MINUTES.  THIS OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAMDEN AIRPORT (KCDN).  CENTER THEN TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD BE OUT OF THE WEATHER ON MY PRESENT HEADING.  I REPORTED THE MODERATE TO SEVERE TURBULENCE AND CENTER ASKED IF I WANTED TO LAND AND INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT FOR DAMAGE AND, AFTER A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE WINGS AND OF THE PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS, I DETERMINED THERE WAS NO DAMAGE.  A VISUAL CHECK OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER LANDING AT NEWARK CONFIRMED THE ABSENCE OF MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.  THE RETURN FLIGHT WAS MADE WITHOUT INCIDENCE.THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO CHARLESTON INTL. AIRPORT FOR ROUTINE SERVICING AND MAINTENANCE BY INTERSTATE TURBINE AND A SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED POSSIBLE MAJOR DAMAGE PROBABLY AS A RESULT OF THE ENCOUNTER WITH TURBULENCE"THE ACTUAL DAMAGE FOUND WILL RESULT IN BOTH WINGS BEING REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, AND REPLACED WITH SERVICABLE WINGS.

## 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 ERA11LA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA330), May 27, 2011: Beech C90 (N291CC), Camden, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's in-flight decision to continue toward his destination, through known significant weather, when safer alternatives were available.

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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