# NTSB DCA08WA030: Beech C90B, Port Said, Egypt, January 15, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: January 15, 2008, 11:20 local (11:20 UTC)
- Place: Port Said, Egypt
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 67412
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA08WA030
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67412/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA08WA030

## Factual narrative

On January 15, 2008, at 1120 UTC, SU-ZAA, Beech C90B, a training flight, operated by the Nuclear Center Survey, crashed at Port Said Airport (HEP), Egypt. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The pilot and training pilot were fatally injured.  The aircraft was destroyed. There was post-crash fire. The flight originated at Cairo, Egypt.

The pilots were conducting touch and go landings on runway 01 at HEP.  The aircraft was on takeoff climb to start the seventh circuit when the crash occurred.  The aircraft crashed about 500 meters from the airport and east of the extended runway centerline.

The investigation is being conducted by the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authoritiy.  The US Accredited Representative is Dennis L. Jones, NTSB, Washington D.C. (tel. 202-314-6321)

## Aircraft

- Registration: SU-ZAA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Beech C90B
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Nuclear Center Survey
- Departed: Cairo
- Destination: Port Said

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal
- Flight instructor; injuries: fatal

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)

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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