Beechcraft C90 N4463W
30 November 1987 · Beaufort, South Carolina, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 30 November 1987 at about 14:46 local time, a Beechcraft C90 registered N4463W was involved in an accident near Beaufort, South Carolina, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 14:46
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Beaufort, South Carolina, United States
- Coordinates
- 32.3310, -80.6801
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft C90
- Registration
- N4463W
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Savannah → Philadelphia
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ATL88MA048
People
2 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 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
AT 0938, WHILE CLBG THRU 9000', THE PLT WAS CLRD TO CLB TO FL 210. APRX 10 MIN LATER, THE ATC CTLR NOTED THE ACFT'S MODE C RTRN WASN'T BEING DISPLAYED ON HIS SCOPE. HE TRIED TO ADZ THE PLT, BUT COULDN'T ESTABLISH RADIO CONTACT. THE ACFTBROKE UP IN FLT & THE WRECKAGE WAS FND SUBMERGED IN A CREEK & ON MARSHLAND. A LARGE PIECE OF THE RGT OUTBOARD WING PANELWAS FND ABT 2 MI EAST OF THE MAIN WRECKAGE. THE RGT ENG WAS FND APRX 800' TO 1200' NE OF THE MAIN WRECKAGE IN 4' OF WTR.THERE WAS EVIDENCE THE RGT OUTBOARD WING HAD FAILED FM UPWARD & AFT OVERLOAD. NO PRE-ACDNT MECH FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FND THAT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN IN-FLT BREAK-UP. RADAR DATA SHOWED THE ACFT WAS CLBG AT 115 KTS & 1100'/MIN; AT APRX 16,000' MSL, RATE OF CLB SLOWED TO APRX 750'/MIN, THEN INCREASED TO 1200'/MIN. PEAK ALT WAS APRX 18,200'. ACFT THENENTERED A STEEP DSCNT & CRASHED. AT THE APRX TIME & PLACE OF PEAK ALT, PRIMARY TARGETS APPEARED ON RADAR & REMAINED FOR SVRL MINS. ORGANIC MTRL WAS FND ON LEFT ENG INLET SCREEN, BUT SOURCE WAS NOT DTRMD. ACDNT OCCURRED ALONG BIRD FLYWAY.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jun 1987 | Beechcraft C90 | Lakeport, California, United States | Century Homes Development Co. | No injuries | - |
| 6 Jan 1985 | Beechcraft C90 | Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Aug 1989 | Beechcraft C90 | Gold Beach, Oregon, United States | Mercy Flight | Fatal | 3 |
| 1 Oct 1989 | Beechcraft C90 | Chamblee, Georgia, United States | ROY Beatty | Fatal | 2 |
| 5 Nov 1989 | Beechcraft C90 | Gadsden, Alabama, United States | Gulf States Steel, Inc. | Fatal | 4 |
| 27 Nov 1985 | Beechcraft C90 | East Greenwich, Rhode Island, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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