Beechcraft 99 N198WA
2 March 2016 · Rockland, Maine, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 2 March 2016 at about 13:00 local time, a Beechcraft 99 registered N198WA, operated by Wiggins Airways INC, was involved in an accident near Rockland, Maine, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 13:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Rockland, Maine, United States
- Nearest airport
- Knox County Rgnl (RKD)
- Coordinates
- 44.0600, -69.0992
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft 99
- Registration
- N198WA
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1970
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Wiggins Airways INC
- Operating rule
- Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Manchester → Rockland
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA16LA137
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The airplane’s encounter with isolated severe turbulence, which resulted in substantial airframe damage.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The commercial pilot was conducting a nonscheduled cargo flight. The pilot reported that, as the airplane was descending on an instrument approach, it encountered continuous light-to-moderate turbulence. As the airplane descended through about 2,000 ft mean sea level at an airspeed of 130 knots, it encountered severe turbulence, and the pilot subsequently executed a missed approach and chose to divert to an alternate airport. The airplane continued to encounter light-to-moderate turbulence en route to the alternate airport, and the pilot landed the airplane uneventfully. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the airframe had sustained substantial damage during the flight. Although there were multiple AIRMETs for widespread moderate turbulence and low-level windshear, there were no pilot reports of, nor SIGMETs forecasting, severe turbulence at the time the pilot received her preflight weather briefing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Jan 2017 | Beechcraft 99 | Billings, Montana, United States | Alpine Aviation Inc | No injuries | - |
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| 29 Mar 2018 | Beechcraft 99 | King Salmon, Alaska, United States | Lake Clark Air Inc | No injuries | - |
| 1 Feb 2012 | Beechcraft 99 | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | Lake Clark Air Inc | No injuries | - |
| 14 Oct 2020 | Beechcraft 99 | Waterville, Maine, United States | Freight Runners | No injuries | - |
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