- Date
- May 19, 1985, 14:55 local (19:55 UTC)
- Place
- Pine Bluff, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N575HCBeech E-90
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850519018139A
- Case key
- 33835
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A simulated eng failure was initiated by the chk airman at 200 AGL. The plt followed the emergency procedures and advanced the pwr levers to bring pwr back to the engine. The plt then noticed the eng failed and had insufficient alt to get an air restart. The subsequent descent resulted in contact with trees off the end of the arpt rwy. The descent was not arrested and the acft struck the terrain and flipped inverted. Examination of the acft's left eng revealed foreign contamination of the fuel control governor py air restrictor. Static testing revealed significant malfunctioning at the idle and max governoring speed limits.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N575HC
- Reported as
- Beech E-90
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LW-67
- Airframe hours
- 2,445
- Engine
- P&W PT6-28, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Castle Industries Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 1, 1985 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- PBF · Pine Bluff, AR
- Airport
- PBF
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,319 total · 700 in this make and model · 5,318 as pilot in command · 105 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.