Beech BE-60 accident near Mexia, TX
On March 3, 2002, a Beech BE-60 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Mexia, TX. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- March 3, 2002
- Place
- Mexia, TX
- Aircraft
- Beech BE-60 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 31.619°N, 96.503°W
- NTSB ID
- 20020308X00321
Official records · ATL02FA058
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On March 3, 2002 at 1350 central standard time, a Beechcraft BE-60, N7272D, registered to Mapleleaf Acquisitions and operated by the Airline Transport Pilot (ATP), collided with trees and a fence line, approximately 1000 feet from the departure end of runway 18, during takeoff at the Limestone County Airport in Mexia, Texas. The airplane was operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91, and visual flight rules. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight. The pilot received fatal injuries and the airplane was destroyed and there was a post accident fire. The flight originated from Mexia, Texas, on March 3, 2002, at 1350, with an intended destination of DuPage Airport in Aurora, Illinois. According to a friend on the afternoon of March 3, 2002, the pilot boarded N7272D for a business flight to Dupage, Illinois. The pilot had spent the morning with his friend in Mexia, Texas, and had been conducting tests or check rides in other airplanes that weekend. The pilot arrived at Mexia-Limestone County Airport (TX06), Mexia, Texas, sometime before 1100. Once onboard the airplane, a witness, and an acquaintance of the pilot, closed and locked the airplane's cabin door for the pilot, and walked away from the airplane. He also reported that after the engines to the airplane were started, the airplane stayed on the ramp and idled for 10 to 15 minutes. No one saw the pilot taxi to the runway, but he taxied to the north end of Runway 18 for a downwind takeoff to the south. Several witnesses observed the acciden
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to remove the control lock before the flight and his failure to follow the checklist.
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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.
