- Date
- June 20, 1969
- Place
- Pasco, WA · PASCO, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2550ABeech 99
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172790
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3710 69/6/20 PASCO,WASH BEECH 99 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 4280 TIME - 1505 N2550A PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 51 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRI-CITIES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PASCO,WASH SPOKANE,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING COPILOT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS COPILOT - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PITCHED UP STEEPLY AFTER T/O.PITCH TRIM FOUND IN FULL NOSE UP POSITION.PIC SEAT UNLOCKED,FULL AFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2550A
- Reported as
- Beech 99
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tri-Cities
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.