Beech B-90 accident near West Palm Beach, FL
On September 3, 1999, a Beech B-90 (airplane) was involved in an accident near West Palm Beach, FL. 8 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 3, 1999
- Place
- West Palm Beach, FL
- Aircraft
- Beech B-90 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 8 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 26.660°N, 80.091°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X19819
Official records · MIA99FA245
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Transcript of Radio Communications and Radar Data: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 3, 1999, about 0325 eastern daylight time, a Beech B-90, N338AS, call sign Lifeguard 8AS, registered to CP Horizons Corporation, struck a building (pool warehouse) and crashed while on approach to Palm Beach International Airport, West Palm Beach, Florida, while on a Title 14 CFR Part 91 corporate flight. Visual meteorological conditions were reported, and an IFR flight plan was filed. The airplane was destroyed. There were no injuries to anyone on the ground. The airline transport-rated pilot-in-command, pilot/owner/passenger, seated in the right front seat, and six passengers were fatally injured. The flight had originated at 2231 from Pontiac, Michigan, en route to Boca Raton, Florida. According to the flight plan, the pilot filed for a cruise altitude of 15,000 feet, with a time en route of 5 hours, and fuel on board 6 hours. The flight proceeded without incident until 0314, when the pilot of N338AS made initial contact with the Palm Beach Air Traffic Control (ATC) Tower, and was told that there was no weather information for Boca Raton. Air traffic control recorded the following flight sequence before radio contact was established with West Palm Beach Tower. At 2201, the pilot of N338AS called Lansing Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) by phone and filed an IFR plan for a flight from Pontiac, Michigan to Boca Raton, Florida, and received the clearance at 2226, from Pontiac Clearance delivery. The initial clearance was issued "via the Pontiac 8 Departure, direct, maintain 3,000. At 2231, Pontiac Tower cleared N338AS for takeoff on Run
Probable cause
a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing factors in this accident were the pilot's operation of the airplane in an overweight condition, inadequate pre-flight and in-flight planning.
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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.
