- Date
- May 20, 1986, 09:10 local (14:10 UTC)
- Place
- Eaton, IN
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N960VBeech BE-F90
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860520021089A
- Case key
- 13462
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft had made a stop at muncie to pick up a fourth passenger. After boarding, the passenger closed the cabin door. After departure and climbing thru 6,000 ft the airstair separated from the aircraft and struck the vertical stabilizer.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N960V
- Reported as
- Beech BE-F90
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LA-31
- Airframe hours
- 2,022
- Engine
- P&W PT6A, 750 lbs thrust, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Asphalt Materials & Const. Inc
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 5, 1986 · 63 hours before
- Departed
- MIE · Muncie, IN
- Destination
- IAD · Washington, DC
- Flight plan
- IFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 65
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,438 total · 8,438 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N960V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.