Beech E-90 accident near Bloomington, IL
On July 21, 2002, a Beech E-90 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Bloomington, IL. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 21, 2002
- Place
- Bloomington, IL
- Aircraft
- Beech E-90 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 40.468°N, 88.913°W
- NTSB ID
- 20020726X01231
Official records · CHI02FA199
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On July 21, 2002, at 1026 central daylight time, a Beech E-90, N12KA, operated by Image Air, Inc., was destroyed when it impacted the terrain about 1/3 mile northeast of the departure end of runway 20 (7,000 feet by 100 feet, concrete) at the Central Illinois Regional Airport (BMI), Bloomington, Illinois. The airplane was departing from runway 20 and had climbed about 100 feet when it veered to the left, rolled inverted, and impacted the terrain in a nose low attitude. The private pilot and the pilot rated passenger received fatal injuries. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was departing BMI with Cable Union (3CU), Wisconsin, as the destination airport. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight was on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan. The transcript of conversation between the pilot of N12KA and the Bloomington Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) indicated that N12KA received its IFR clearance at 1013. At 1013:18 the ground controller asked N12KA if he was ready for taxi. The pilot responded, "Ah, negative, we are going to go out here and do some run-ups (unintelligible)." At 1018:53, N12KA informed ground control that he was ready to taxi. Ground control cleared the airplane to taxi to runway 20. At 1024:06, N12KA informed tower control that he was ready for takeoff. The tower cleared N12KA for takeoff with instructions to turn right heading three six zero and climb and maintain 9,000. At 1024:33, N12KA acknowledged the takeoff and climb clearance. A witness, who was a passenger of a commuter airplane waiting for takeoff from runway
Probable cause
The cause of the accident is undetermined.
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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.
