Beech T-34B accident near Quantico, VA
On August 29, 1998, a Beech T-34B (airplane) was involved in an accident near Quantico, VA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 29, 1998
- Place
- Quantico, VA
- Aircraft
- Beech T-34B · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.519°N, 77.290°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X10875
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 29, 1998, about 1310 eastern daylight time, a Beech T-34B, N669MC, was destroyed when it impacted water shortly after takeoff from Turner Field, Quantico Marine Corps Air Field (NYG), Quantico, Virginia. The two commercial rate, certificated flight instructors (CFI's) were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local instructional flight. No flight plan had been filed for the flight that was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. The purpose of the flight was to check out a new club member in the airplane. The pilot-in-command (PIC) was seated in the rear seat, and the pilot receiving instruction was seated in the front seat. The accident was witnessed by several persons in various locations. A flight instructor who had previously flown a T-34 reported: "...I observed the pilots trying to start the aircraft. It took an abnormally long time to get it started. The pilot kept cranking the engine for what must have been well over a minute before it caught...It sounded rough at first but appeared to smooth out as they taxied out...." A flight instructor in the traffic pattern reported: "...While on downwind, the T-34 back taxied for full use of runway 20. By the time we had turned final, the T-34 was at about the 1500 foot marker on their takeoff roll. During our flare to landing, I noticed that the T-34 was only 100-200 feet high at the end of runway 20. We had intended to do a touch-and-go but shortly after our landing, [we] noticed that the T-34, about a mile out, was turning back toward the field. No radio call had been made.
Probable cause
The failure of the flight instructor to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin.
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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.
