Plane Crash List

Beechcraft B99 N339HA

23 September 1985 · Grottoes, Virginia, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 23 September 1985 at about 14:20 local time, a Beechcraft B99 registered N339HA was involved in an accident near Grottoes, Virginia, United States. 14 people were on board and 14 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 14:20
Classification
Accident
Location
Grottoes, Virginia, United States
Nearest airport
Shenandoah Valley (SHD)
Coordinates
38.2597, -78.8197
Aircraft
Beechcraft B99
Registration
N339HA
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Baltimore → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
IMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DCA85AA037

People

14 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
14 14 0 0 0

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

ACFT ARR FM THE NE, CROSSED OVR THE ARPT IN IMC CONDS & CONTD TWD THE SW TO THE INITIAL APCH FIX (IAF) FOR AN ILS RWY 4 APCH. THE IAF WAS OVR THE OUTER MARKER (OM), 4.2 MI SW OF THE ARPT. AS THE ACFT DEPTD THE IAF, IT CONTD OUTBND TWD THE SW ON AN IMPRECISE TRACK FOR APRX 1 MIN, MADE A PROCEDURE TURN (PT) BY TURNING RGT (WEST), THEN BACK LEFT (EAST) TWD THE LOCALIZER (LOC). INBND HDG FOR THE LOC WAS 045 DEG. RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST DRG THE PT. AS THE PT WAS COMPLETED, THE ACFT ANGLED TO THE EAST OF THE LOC & INTERCEPTED THE 045 DEG RADIAL OF THE MONTEBELLO (MOL) VOR. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT HIT A MTN TOP WHILE IN LVL FLT AT 2400' ALONG THE MOL 045 RADIAL. CLD BASES WERE AT APRX 2000'. NO PREIMPACT PART PRBLM WAS FND. ACFT RDO INSTLN WAS NONSTANDARD, NOT FAA APPROVED; 1 ADF & 2 NAV DISPLAYS WERE IN UNSUIT LOCATION FOR COPLT. RDO TRANSCRIPT INDCD PLTS WERE UNCERTAIN OF GEOGRAPHIC PSN BFR IMPACT. COMPANY PLT EXP REDUCED BY RECENT PLT TURNOVER. BOTH PLTS HAD LMTD EXP IN RESPECTIVE PSNS. HI NOISE LVL IN COCKPIT MADE CONVERSATION DIFFICULT. LACK OF FAA SURVEILLANCE

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Other Beechcraft B99 accidents

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
28 Oct 1982 Beechcraft B99
N4099A
Clarksville, Tennessee, United States Air Kentucky Airline No injuries -
17 Jun 1981 Beechcraft B99
N4499S
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
no coordinates
Royale Airline No injuries -
23 Sep 1980 Beechcraft B99
N99TH
Orlando, Florida, United States
no coordinates
Chautaugua Air No injuries -
31 Oct 1979 Beechcraft B99
N35CA
Abilene, Texas, United States
no coordinates
Chaparral Airl Minor injuries -
24 Aug 1978 Beechcraft B99
N8012R
Pullman, Washington, United States
no coordinates
Cascade Airway Minor injuries -
31 Jan 1978 Beechcraft B99
N8558R
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States
no coordinates
Aero Mech Inc No injuries -

All 18 records for this type

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