Beechcraft C90A N800MK

Summary

On 25 June 2014 at about 12:50 local time, a Beechcraft C90A registered N800MK, operated by Becs, LLC, was involved in an accident near Houston, Mississippi, United States. 5 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

25 June 2014 at 12:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Houston, Mississippi, United States

Nearest airport

Houston Municipal (M44)

Coordinates

33.8903, -89.0194

Aircraft

Beechcraft C90A

Registration

N800MK

Category

Airplane

Year built

1996

Engines

2

Operator

Becs, LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Executive/Corporate

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Memphis → Houston

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA14LA312

2 people had minor injuries.

The pilot’s failure to maintain a stabilized approach and his subsequent failure to maintain airplane control during the landing flare, which resulted in touchdown off the side of the runway and collision with a ditch.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he was at the controls during the approach and landing. He stated that, just before touchdown, the right wing "rose severely" and that the copilot called out "windshear" and "go around." As he applied power, the airplane rolled left again, so he retarded the throttles. The airplane subsequently settled into the grass to the left side of the runway and then struck a ditch, spun around, and came to rest upright. The airplane was substantially damaged due to the impact and a postaccident fire. The copilot reported that it felt like the wind was trying to "lift the tail and cartwheel them over." The airport did not have weather reporting capability; however, surrounding airports reported light wind with no gusts, and no windshear was reported. A review of weather radar and geostationary weather satellite data for the accident region did not identify any convective or gust-front activity, and a review of National Weather Service data did not identify the presence of, or conditions conducive to, ground-level windshear for the accident region at the time of the accident. A review of the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) transcript revealed that, although the copilot called out "go around," he did not mention windshear or any other weather phenomena at any time during the approach or accident sequence. Based on the conversation between the pilots recorded on the CVR, the approach was probably unstable for a period of time before landing. The CVR transcript also revealed that the more experienced copilot provided a significant amount of "coaching" during the approach; however, it could not be determined what effect this might have had on the pilot's performance.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.