Beechcraft F90-42 N17AE

Summary

On 24 January 2001 at about 21:10 local time, a Beechcraft F90-42 registered N17AE, operated by Amprite Aviation Inc., was involved in an accident near Nashville, Tennessee, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

24 January 2001 at 21:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

Nashville International Airpor (BNA)

Coordinates

36.1300, -86.6539

Aircraft

Beechcraft F90-42

Registration

N17AE

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Amprite Aviation Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Nashville → Waukesha

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL01FA027

4 people died.

The pilot's failure to follow loss of engine power emergency procedures by not feathering the propeller following the loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, resulting in a descent and collision with trees and the ground.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Shortly after takeoff at less than 200 feet above ground level the pilot reported an engine failure, and requested to return to the airport. The controller saw the airplane in a right turn, descending, and observed the airplane level its wings just prior to impact with the tips of trees. The airplane collided with terrain approximately 2,000 feet east of the approach end of runway 20L. A post crash fire ensued and consumed a majority of the airplane. Examination of both engines displayed contact signatures to their internal components characteristic of the engines being powered, with the propellers out of feather at the time of impact, and a low power range. Examination of the propellers found the left propeller blades showed more damage then the blades from the right propeller. Both propellers were rotating with considerable rotational energy. However, examination showed that the left propeller had more power then the right.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.