- Date
- February 10, 1978
- Place
- Richland, WA · RICHLAND, WA
- Injuries
- 17 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N199EABeech 99
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1979
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19780210042309A
- Case key
- 79361
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3316 78/2/10 RICHLAND,WA BEECH 99 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1650 N199EA PX- 15 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 28, 3250 TOTAL HOURS, 300 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RICHLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RICHLAND,WA SEATTLE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR TRIM INDICATOR SYSTEM FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE FLIGHT TRAINING-PROCEDURES PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQ.DIRECTIVES,MANUAL,EQUIPMENT PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: DEFICIENCY,COMPANY MAINTAINED EQPMT,SERVICES,REGULATION PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION PERSONNEL-INEFFECTIVE FAA SURVEILLANCE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HORIZ STAB OUT-OF-TRIM WARNING SYST INOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N199EA
- Reported as
- Beech 99
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Richland
N199EARegistration cancelled May 12, 2009 · Beech 99Airframe modelBeech 99Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.