Hawker Beechcraft B200GT accident near Baker, LA
On June 7, 2013, a Hawker Beechcraft B200GT (airplane) was involved in an accident near Baker, LA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 7, 2013
- Place
- Baker, LA
- Aircraft
- Hawker Beechcraft B200GT · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 30.576°N, 91.137°W
- NTSB ID
- 20130607X70213
Official records · CEN13FA326
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 7, 2013 about 1310, central daylight time, a Beechcraft, KingAir, B200GT, airplane, N510LD,impacted terrain shortly after departure in a residential neighborhood near Baker, Louisiana. The airline transport rated pilot received fatal injuries and the airplane was destroyed. The airplane was registered to and operated by Osage Air LLC, Wilmington, Delaware. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal cross-country flight. The flight originated from Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, Ryan Field (BTR), Baton Rouge, Louisiana, en route to (Pike County) John E Lewis Field Airport (KMCB), McComb, Mississippi. The accident pilot and two passengers flew to Georgetown, Texas, in a B200 KingAir the day prior to the accident. The B200 airplane was being used as a trade-in, on N510LD. On the day of the accident and after the sale was finalized, the three people returned to BTR in N510LD, with the accident pilot as pilot in command. After dropping off the two passengers at BTR, the accident pilot planned to fly to McComb, with the recently purchased airplane. Several witnesses reported that the airplane heading north and was low; the airplane then dropped and impacted the roof of a house. The airplane subsequently impacted a tree and two neighboring houses before erupting into flames. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The pilot was employed as a corporate pilot, and held an airline transport pilot certificate with ratings for airplane single-engine and multiengine land, and instrument-air
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed during departure, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s lack of specific knowledge of the airplane’s avionics.
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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.
