Plane Crash List

Beechcraft 65 N711SF

17 July 1991 · Meridian, Mississippi, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 17 July 1991 at about 22:02 local time, a Beechcraft 65 registered N711SF, operated by Jack Marshall Foods, Inc., was involved in an accident near Meridian, Mississippi, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 22:02
Classification
Accident
Location
Meridian, Mississippi, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Beechcraft 65
Registration
N711SF
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Jack Marshall Foods, Inc.
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Unknown → Tuscaloosa
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
MIA91LA187

People

3 people had minor injuries.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 0 0 3 0

Probable cause

LOSS OF POWER FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE DUE TO UNDETERMINED REASONS. THE FAILURE OF THE PROPELLER TO FEATHER WAS A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT REPORTED THAT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE ACFT YAWED TO THE RT, LT THEN RT AGAIN. THE PAX IN THE COPLTS SEAT STATED THE RT ENG RPM GAUGE INDICATION NEEDLE WAS FLUCTUATING. THE PLT POSITIONED THE RT ENG MIXTURE CONTROL TO IDLE CUTOFF AND THE PROP CONTROL TO FEATHER. THE PROP CONTINUED TO WINDMILL. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALT, THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON A HIGHWAY BUT THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH AN UNMARKED POWER LINE, LIGHT POLE, THEN THE GROUND AND WAS DESTROYED BY POSTCRASH FIRE. THE RT ENG WAS RECOVERED AND DUE TO IMPACT DAMAGE, THE PROP AND FUEL SERVO WERE REPLACED. THE ENG WAS PLACED ON A TEST STAND AND WAS STARTED AND FOUND TO OPERATE NORMALLY. THE PROP GOVERNOR AND DAMAGED FUEL SERVO WERE TESTED AND FOUND TO OPERATE NORMALLY. THE DAMAGED PROP WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE FREE OF PREIMPACT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO THE REASON FOR THE REPORTED POWER FLUCTUATION FROM THE RT ENG. A WITNESS STATED GEAR RETRACTION WAS DELAYED AFTER TAKEOFF.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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no coordinates
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no coordinates
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9 Mar 1991 Cessna 150G
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Greenwood, Mississippi, United States
no coordinates
Ealy, Richard H Minor injuries -
13 Mar 1991 Cessna 182Q
N735MK
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15 Mar 1991 Air Tractor AT-401
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24 Mar 1991 Glassair SH-2TD
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12 May 1991 Cessna 152
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13 May 1991 Air Tractor AT-301
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