- Date
- July 17, 1991, 17:02 local (22:02 UTC)
- Place
- Meridian, MS
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N711SFBeech 65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910717027679A
- Case key
- 32904
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Probable cause
Loss of power from the right engine due to undetermined reasons. The failure of the propeller to feather was a factor in the accident.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt reported that shortly after takeoff the acft yawed to the rt, lt then rt again. The pax in the coplts seat stated the rt eng RPM gauge indication needle was fluctuating. The plt positioned the rt eng mixture control to idle cutoff and the prop control to feather. The prop continued to windmill. Unable to maintain alt, the plt attempted to land on a highway but the acft collided with an unmarked power line, light pole, then the ground and was destroyed by postcrash fire. The rt eng was recovered and due to impact damage, the prop and fuel servo were replaced. The eng was placed on a test stand and was started and found to operate normally. The prop governor and damaged fuel servo were tested and found to operate normally. The damaged prop was inspected and found to be free of preimpact failure or malfunction. No determination could be made as to the reason for the reported power fluctuation from the rt eng. A witness stated gear retraction was delayed after takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N711SF
- Reported as
- Beech 65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LC-139
- Airframe hours
- 9,200
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-720-A1B, 400 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jack Marshall Foods, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Jack Marshall Foods, Inc.
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 27, 1991 · 85 hours before
- Destination
- TCL · Tuscaloosa, AL
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 943 total · 34 in this make and model · 913 as pilot in command · 110 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEI, 1 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.