Beagle Aircraft B-206 Series 2 accident near McAlpin, FL
On September 21, 2002, a Beagle Aircraft B-206 Series 2 (airplane) was involved in an accident near McAlpin, FL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 21, 2002
- Place
- McAlpin, FL
- Aircraft
- Beagle Aircraft B-206 Series 2 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 30.102°N, 82.901°W
- NTSB ID
- 20020926X05217
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 21, 2002, about 1150 eastern daylight time, a Beagle Aircraft B-206 Series 2 airplane, N86GW, was destroyed when it collided with terrain while turning onto final approach for the Little River Airpark near McAlpin, Florida. The airplane was registered to and operated by SMM, Inc., as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. The private pilot, who was the sole occupant, was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed for the flight that originated from Jacksonville, Florida's Herlong Airport about 1115. According to numerous witnesses who had assembled adjacent to runway 36 at the Little River private airpark, the pilot had not landed at the airpark before. The purpose of the flight was to determine if the twin-engine airplane fit in the hangar owned by a potential buyer on the airpark. One of the witnesses was in contact with the pilot via a handheld radio, and the aircraft was first sighted southeast of the airpark, flying westbound. The pilot was given vectors to help him locate the airpark, and once he sighted the field, he executed two circular orbits over the field. He then took a heading that would establish the airplane on a right downwind landing pattern for runway 36 (3,375 feet long by 50 feet wide, turf runway). Witnesses stated he flew a fairly "tight" downwind pattern that was a "little low" (about 650 to 750 feet above ground level [agl], as opposed to 1,000 to 1,500 feet agl). The surface winds were from the east, and according to the witnesses, the result was that the pilot overshot his
Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed to sustain controlled flight, which resulted in an inadvertent stall during a turn from base to final. A contributing factor was the pilot's use of judgment and performance impairing drugs.
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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.
