# Accident 20170123000519A: Beech 300, Tucson, AZ, January 23, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2017, 12:32 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1161° N, 110.9411° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1161&lon=-110.9411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N385KA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N385KA-2020-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 300 (registry code 1152930, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-300) (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 300
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 15,100 total, 5,800 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR17FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17FA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170123000519A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 23, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 19:32Z (12:32 MST) A BEECHCRAFT KING AIR 300, U.S. REGISTRY NUMBER N385KA WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT AND SUBSEQUENT POST-CRASH FIRE AT THE TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (TUS).  THERE WERE TWO PERSONS ON BOARD THE AIRPLANE, THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC), AND ONE PASSENGER.  BOTH WERE KILLED IN THE CRASH.  THE FLIGHT PLAN INDICATES THE AIRPLANE WAS TAKING OFF FOR A FLIGHT TO HERMOSILLO, SONORA, MEXICO (MHMO).

A TERMINAL SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO, AS WELL AS PHYSICAL EVIDENCE, AND WITNESS STATEMENTS AGREE THAT SHORTLY AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE FROM RUNWAY 11L, N385KA SUDDENLY ROLLED OVER TO THE LEFT, DOVE DOWN, AND STRUCK THE CONCRETE RAMP ADJACENT TO THE TERMINAL BUILDING IN A NOSE LOW INVERTED ATTITUDE APPROXIMATELY 4,300 FEET FROM WHERE IT BEGAN ITS TAKEOFF ROLL.  UPON IMPACT, THE PLANE EXPLODED, AND THE BULK OF IT SLID APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET ACROSS THE RAMP, AND CAME TO A STOP AGAINST A CONCRETE ATTENUATION WALL.

THE REPORTED AIRPORT WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH WAS WIND FROM 240-DEGREES AT 12 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 22 KNOTS.  THE REPORTED VISIBILITY WAS 10 STATUTE MILES, AND THERE WERE OVERCAST CLOUDS AT 6,000 FEET ABOVE GROUND.  THE AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE WAS 19-DEG C (66-DEG F), AND THE DEW POINT WAS 6-DEG C (43-DEG F).  THE LOCAL ALTIMETER SETTING WAS 29.82?HG. THIS WIND AND RUNWAY COMBINATION WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A QUARTERING RIGHT TAILWIND COMPONENT OF APPROXIMATELY 10 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 18 KNOTS.

TUS ATC TOWER PERSONNEL REPORTED NO HEAVY AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 11L/29R PRIOR TO N385KA.

## 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 WPR17FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17FA057), Jan 23, 2017: Beech 300 (N385KA), Tucson, AZ, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during takeoff, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's impairment by the effects of a…

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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