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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 99 · St. Cloud, MN · April 12, 2018

Date
April 12, 2018 · 17:57 local
Place
St. Cloud, MN
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
KCQA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N109CZ
Reported as
Beech 99
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,569 total376 in this make and model83 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.

Cargo flight loaded with three large freight totes loaded with steel that were not strapped down. Weight and balance not calculated correctly. Upon release of brakes for departure, cargo slid aft and tail plummeted to runway.

As the FAA filed it

CARGO FLIGHT LOADED WITH THREE LARGE FREIGHT TOTES LOADED WITH STEEL THAT WERE NOT STRAPPED DOWN. WEIGHT AND BALANCE NOT CALCULATED CORRECTLY. UPON RELEASE OF BRAKES FOR DEPARTURE, CARGO SLID AFT AND TAIL PLUMMETED TO RUNWAY.