# Accident 20200220002399A: Beech B200, Coleman, TX, February 20, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2020, 05:40 local time
- Place: Coleman, TX
- Airport: Abilene Regional Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0508° N, 99.5700° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0508&lon=-99.5700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N860J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N860J-2022-12-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B200 (registry code 1152922, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20FA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200220002399A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 20, 2020, AT 0540, A BEECHCRAFT B200 AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N860J, REGISTERED TO TLC AIR LLC, IMPACTED TERRAIN NEAR COLEMAN, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ABILENE, TEXAS ON FEBRUARY 20, 2020 AT 0540 AND WAS HEADED TO HARLINGEN, TEXAS.

## 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 CEN20FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20FA093), Feb 20, 2020: Beech 200 (N860J), Coleman, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control due to spatial disorientation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s distraction with a “popped” circuit breaker and communications with air traffic…

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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