- Date
- June 25, 1990, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Hutchinson, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N725DJBeech B-60
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900625022279A
- Case key
- 35011
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Probable cause
Engine failure for undetermined reasons. A factor in the accident was that there was no suitable terrain in which to make a forced landing.
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
While practicing takeoffs and ldgs the right engine failed at about 300 feet AGL. Unable to restart the engine, and with airspeed and altitude deteriorating, the instructor pilot took over the controls and attempted an emergency 'gear up' ldg straight ahead in a corn field, which resulted in substantial damage to the acft. Post accident investigation failed to reveal the cause of the engine failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N725DJ
- Reported as
- Beech B-60
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P-275
- Airframe hours
- 4,544
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-541-E1C4, 380 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kbc Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 8, 1990 · 66 hours before
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
- 43
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 8,553 total · 66 in this make and model · 8,341 as pilot in command · 148 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HUT, 3 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.