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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech 65-A90-1 · Slidell, LA · April 19, 2016

Date
April 19, 2016 · 21:15 local
Place
Slidell, LA
Airport
Slidell
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7MC
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN16FA158
Reported as
Beech 65-A90-1
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
7,821 total80 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft was out performing low altitude mosquito spraying. Returning to base of operations. Flying from the west turned left for runway approach. Aircraft struck power transmission lines and impacted ground resulting in explosion and destruction of aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS OUT PERFORMING LOW ALTITUDE MOSQUITO SPRAYING. RETURNING TO BASE OF OPERATIONS. FLYING FROM THE WEST TURNED LEFT FOR RUNWAY APPROACH. AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWER TRANSMISSION LINES AND IMPACTED GROUND RESULTING IN EXPLOSION AND DESTRUCTION OF AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.