Beechcraft A90 N4646S
4 April 1973 · Wilmington, Delaware, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 4 April 1973 at about 13:04 local time, a Beechcraft A90 registered N4646S, operated by Steuart Petrol, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Wilmington, Delaware, United States. 6 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 13:04
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Wilmington, Delaware, United States
- Nearest airport
- Wilmington
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft A90
- Registration
- N4646S
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Steuart Petrol
- Operating rule
- Corporate/Executive
- Purpose of flight
- Corporate/Executive
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Route
- Middletown, del → Baltimore, Md
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-0833
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
OPS MANUAL REC USE OF AUTO-IGNITION SYS DURING RAIN, ICING COND.WIND GUSTING 23K.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft A90 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Nov 1974 | Beechcraft A90 | Wheeling, West Virginia, United States | Consolidation | No injuries | - |
| 13 Sep 1974 | Beechcraft A90 | Reading, Pennsylvania, United States | Supreme Petrol | No injuries | - |
| 10 Mar 1977 | Beechcraft A90 | Kankakee, Illinois, United States | Williams Crush | Serious injuries | - |
| 29 Sep 1969 | Beechcraft A90 | Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States | Air Reduction | No injuries | - |
| 5 Jun 1969 | Beechcraft A90 | West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States | Allegheny Ludl | No injuries | - |
| 27 Feb 1978 | Beechcraft A90 | Big Piney, Wyoming, United States | Chevron Oil | Fatal | 6 |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jan 1973 | Cessna 150J | No.olmstead, Ohio, United States | Ortner Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 1973 | Cessna 180 | Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1973 | Cessna 210H | Flagler Beach, Florida, United States | Asphalt Produc | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Apr 1973 | Cessna 172 | Bristol, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 May 1973 | Cessna 150F | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Mar 1973 | Lake LA-4 | Key West, Florida, United States | US Dept of INT | No injuries | - |