Beech E90 accident near Flagstaff, AZ
On January 31, 1996, a Beech E90 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Flagstaff, AZ. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 31, 1996
- Place
- Flagstaff, AZ
- Aircraft
- Beech E90 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.231°N, 111.720°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X05158
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On January 31, 1996, about 1305 hours mountain standard time, a Beech E-90, N300SP, was destroyed during an instrument approach to the Flagstaff Pulliam Airport, Flagstaff, Arizona. The pilot and his two passengers received fatal injuries. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed for the positioning flight and an IFR flight plan had been filed. The flight originated at 1228 on the day of the accident, and was to have made a medical patient pickup at Phoenix, Arizona. Shortly after takeoff from Flagstaff, the pilot contacted the maintenance department and reported an unsafe gear light. The maintenance department advised him to follow normal emergency procedures. He modified his instrument departure with Albuquerque Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZAB) to seek an area of VFR conditions to resolve the gear problem. Afterwards, he reported to ZAB that the problem was resolved. The pilot manually extended the landing gear with safe light indications. At 1251:41, the pilot requested a clearance back to Flagstaff when he was about 20 miles south of the airport. At that time, ZAB gave him the altimeter setting of 29.89 inHg. The ZAB controller cleared him to the Flagstaff airport via direct with the option of going direct to "FRISY" intersection to eliminate the procedure turn. He said he would go direct to the VOR. The pilot received clearance at 1255:38 for an ILS DME runway 21 approach, however, he did not have the current Flagstaff weather. Subsequently, the pilot advised ZAB that he had the weather. At 1257:48, ZAB cleared him for the ILS runway 21 ap
Probable cause
failure of the pilot to follow prescribed IFR procedures and his failure to maintain control of the aircraft. Factors relating to the accident were: the adverse weather conditions with icing and turbulence.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
