Beechcraft 58 N8180R

Summary

On 9 August 2002 at about 16:40 local time, a Beechcraft 58 registered N8180R, operated by Execstar Aviation, was involved in an accident near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

9 August 2002 at 16:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Fort Lauderdale Executive (FXE)

Coordinates

26.1972, -80.1706

Aircraft

Beechcraft 58

Registration

N8180R

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Execstar Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Walker's Cay → Fort Lauderdale

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA02LA146

1 person was seriously injured.

the pilot's abrupt pull up and his failure to maintain airspeed during a go-around, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin and impact with the terrain during the resultant uncontrolled descent.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot entered the airport traffic pattern for left hand traffic. On short final, and the airplane in the landing configuration, he was instructed by the tower to go around. As he initiated the go around he said he experienced a "yawing tendency." He requested the crossing runway for landing, and said he experienced what seemed to be an "engine failure." The airplane "banked violently" to the left, and impacted the ground. Witnesses said they watched the airplane pitch up almost perpendicular to the runway, bank about 30 degrees to the right, roll left, pitch nose down, and impact the ground at about a 45 degree angle. Examination of both engines and the airframe revealed no discrepancies.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.