# Accident 20190221010419A: Beech 76, Frankfort, KY, February 21, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2019, 10:26 local time
- Place: Frankfort, KY
- Airport: Capitol City Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 3NXS
- Location: 38.1831° N, 84.9000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1831&lon=-84.9000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7KY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7KY-2020-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 76 (registry code 1153005, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-76) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 76
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 & IO-360
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 22,189 total, 78 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19TA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19TA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190221010419A

## Narrative

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

FRANKFORT, KY (FFT): N7KY, BE76, CRASHED OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 25 FOR UNKNOWN REASONS WHILE CONDUCTING A TRAINING FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT

CAUGHT FIRE AFTER CRASHING. EMERGENCY PERSONNEL RESPONDED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. POB: 2, INJURIES: MINOR, DAMAGE: EXTENT UNKNOWN. 02/21/2019 1535Z

ON FEBRUARY 21ST AT APPROXIMATELY 10:25 ^MR. KING^ WAS SITTING AT THE LOWER PARKING LOT AT JUNIPER HILLS PARK. WHILE SITTING HE HEARD A PLANE BEHIND HIM THAT CAUGHT HIS ATTENTION DUE TO IT FLYING SO LOW TO THE GOLF COURSE. HE LOOKED UP AND OBSERVED THE PLANE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS TAIL NUMBER N7KY, FLYING TOWARDS

CAPITOL CITY AIRPORT WITH ITS LEFT WING DIPPED. THE PLANE APPEARED TO BE FLYING EXCEPTIONALLY LOW AND SLOW FOR MOST OF THE PLANES THAT HE OBSERVE FLY IN. VERY SHORTLY AFTER HE HEARD A NOISE IN THE DISTANCE THAT AT THE TIME HE THOUGHT WAS A CAR CRASH. JUST SHORTLY AFTER DISPATCH CALLED OVER THE RADIO STATING "ALL UNITS BE ADVISED WE'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS OF A PLANE CRASH BUT HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CONFIRM THE LOCATION". DUE TO COLLIMATION OF CIRCUMSTANCES HE PROCEEDED TOWARDS THE AIRPORT. AS SOON AS HE APPROACHED US127 AND US60 HE OBSERVED A PLUME OF SMOKE COMING FROM THAT EASTERN SIDE OF THE AIRPORT RUN WAY. HE ENTERED THE

AIRPORT THROUGH THE SOUTH ENTRANCE AND PROCEEDED DOWN THE TAXI WAY. HE SAW THE AIRPORT MINIVAN SITTING AT

THE END OF THE TAXI WAY AND N7KY FACING WEST OFF THE SOUTHEAST END OF THE TAXI WAY. THE PLANE HAD SEVER DAMAGE TO THE NOSE AND THE LEFT WING WAS ON FIRE AND MISSING THE PROP. HE MADE CONTACT WITH THE STUDENT PILOT ^(DILLON J. LECHLITER)^ AND THE INSTRUCTOR ^(JAMES A DONALDSON)^ SITTING THE VAN. AFTER CONFIRMING THAT BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE NOT SEVERELY INJURED HE PROCEEDED TO TAKE PHOTOS OF THE SCENE. IT APPEARED THAT THE PLANE

HAD CAUGHT THE LEFT WING IN THE GRASSY AREA BETWEEN THE TAXI STRIP AND RUNWAY. IT THEN SLID ACROSS THE TAXI STRIP DOWN INTO THE EMBANKMENT. HE SPOKE WITH THE STUDENT PILOT AND HE STATED THAT THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A SINGLE ENGINE LANDING AND THAT THEY CAME IN TOO SLOW AND NOT UNDER CONTROL CAUSING THE PLANE TO CRASH. THE STUDENT PILOT ALSO STATED THAT THEY ATTEMPTED TO INCREASE THE AIR SPEED BUT IT WAS TOO LATE TO RECOVER.

## 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 ERA19TA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19TA105), Feb 21, 2019: Beech 76 (N7KY), Frankfort, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during a simulated single-engine go-around, which resulted in a collision with terrain.

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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