Beech 1900D accident near Yarmouth, MA

On August 26, 2003, a Beech 1900D (airplane) was involved in an accident near Yarmouth, MA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

Date

August 26, 2003

Place

Yarmouth, MA

Aircraft

Beech 1900D · Airplane

Injuries

2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Destroyed

Position

41.610°N, 70.256°W

NTSB ID

20030904X01459

Official records · NYC03MA183

• Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation

Air traffic control records

• Transcript of ATC Communications: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov

NTSB summary

HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 26, 2003, at 1540 eastern daylight time, a Beech 1900D, N240CJ, operated by Colgan Air Inc. as flight 9446 (d.b.a. US Airways Express), was destroyed when it impacted water near Yarmouth, Massachusetts. The certificated airline transport pilot and certificated commercial pilot were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that departed Barnstable Municipal Airport (HYA), Hyannis, Massachusetts; destined for Albany International Airport (ALB), Albany, New York. An instrument flight rules flight plan was filed for the repositioning flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. According to data from Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic control (ATC), the flight departed runway 24 at Hyannis about 1538. Shortly after takeoff, the flightcrew declared an emergency and reported a "runaway trim." The airplane flew a left turn and reached an altitude of approximately 1,100 feet. The flightcrew subsequently requested to land on runway 33, and the air traffic control tower (ATCT) controller cleared the flight to land on any runway. No further transmissions were received from the flightcrew. Witnesses observed the airplane in a left turn, with a nose-up attitude. The airplane then pitched nose-down, and impacted the water "nose first." According to the cockpit voice recorder (CVR), the flightcrew completed the Before Start checklist between 1523 and 1530; however, there was no record of the First Flight Of The Day checklist being completed after engine start. At 1523:30, the captain called for the Before Start checkli

Probable cause

The improper replacement of the forward elevator trim cable, and subsequent inadequate functional check of the maintenance performed, which resulted in a reversal of the elevator trim system and a loss of control in-flight. Factors were the flightcrew's failure to follow the checklist procedures, and the aircraft manufacturer's erroneous depiction of the elevator trim drum in the maintenance manua

From Wikipedia

Colgan Air Flight 9446 was a repositioning flight operated by Colgan Air for US Airways Express. On August 26, 2003, the Beechcraft 1900 crashed into water 300 feet (91 m) offshore from Yarmouth, Massachusetts, shortly after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Hyannis. Both pilots were killed.

Text from Wikipedia, “Colgan Air Flight 9446”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.

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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.