# Accident 20120707013709A: Beech E-90, Karnack, TX, July 7, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2012, 04:03 local time
- Place: Karnack, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6619° N, 94.2197° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6619&lon=-94.2197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N987GM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N987GM-2015-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-90 (registry code 1152914, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A-27-28 (registry code 61504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-27-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E-90
- Reported engine: U/A CANADA PT6A-27-28
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12FA421](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12FA421) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120707013709A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS RECEIVING VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING FROM ZFW30 TO BROWNSVILLE TX.  AIRCRAFT ENTERED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AT ALTITUDE 14600.  PILOT CALL STATED TRYING TO EXIT THE AREA.  RADAR AND RADIO CONTACT WERE LOST SIMULTANIOUSLY.

## 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 CEN12FA421](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12FA421), Jul 7, 2012: Beech E90 (N987GM), Karnack, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent flight into thunderstorm activity, which resulted in the loss of airplane control and the subsequent exceedance of the airplane's design limits and in-flight breakup.…

## Other reports on N987GM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20000128003869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000128003869I), Jan 28, 2000: Beech E90 (N987GM), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. Pilot landed on runway 26R at the phx airport. He was instructed to exit left onto taxiway B8, which was a revers high speed exit, meaning that it was 45 from…

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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