# NTSB ATL87LA185: Beech 200C, N617MS, Madisonville, KY, June 24, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 24, 1987, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: Madisonville, KY
- Coordinates: 37.329483, -87.499755 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3295&lon=-87.4998&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7463
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87LA185
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7463/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA185

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff
  - airport facilities,obstruction marking - inadequate (contributing factor)
  - other airport/runway maintenance - inadequate, airport personnel (contributing factor)
  - object - airport facility (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, taxi - to takeoff
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Fire, standing

## Analysis

THE ACFT STRUCK A 2-FT HI AVGAS PUMP WHILE THE PLT WAS TAXIING AROUND ANOTHER ACFT THAT WAS PARKED. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED & A SMALL FIRE RESULTED. THE PLT & PAX EVACUATED THE ACFT. LINE PSNL WERE UNABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH HAND-HELD EXTINGUISHERS. THE ACFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ENGULFED BY THE FIRE & WAS DESTROYED. A LARGE DRY CHEMICAL FIRE EXTINGUISHER WAS LOCATED NEXT TO THE PUMP AT THE TIME, BUT LINE PSNL WERE UNABLE TO GET TO IT DUE TO THE FIRE. THE BLACK TOP AROUND THE PUMP HAD RECENTLY BEEN RESURFACED & NO SAFETY MARKINGS, LIGHTS OR BARRICADES WERE IN PLACE AROUND THE PUMP (EXCEPT FOR THE LARGE FIRE EXTINGUISHER). THE PUMP WAS ORIGINALLY LOCATED NEXT TO THE RAMP EDGE, BUT SUBSEQUENTEXPANSION OF THE RAMP LEFT THE PUMP SURROUNDED BY PAVEMENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N617MS](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N617MS-2009-04-09), registration cancelled 2009-04-09, S/N BL-35 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200C
- Registry model: [Beech 200C](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200c) (registry code 1152926) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: BL35
- Airframe hours: 2940
- Engines: P&W PT6A-41 850 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Executive/Corporate, Part 91 subpart F
- Operator: Midwest Energy Development
- Registered owner: General Electric Credit Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: AAIP, April 27, 1987, 65 hours before
- Destination: MWA, MARION, IL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: 2IO, Madisonville Muni

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 11,875 total, 2,310 in this make and model, 11,475 as pilot in command, 120 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870624079159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870624079159A), Jun 24, 1987: Beech 200CBEECH, Madisonville, KY, Destroyed. While taxiing in front of parked aircraft the pilot struck fuel pumps. Aircraft was destroyed by the ensuing fire.

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.

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