Beech 1900 accident near Miami, FL
On February 11, 2015, a Beech 1900 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Miami, FL. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- February 11, 2015
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Aircraft
- Beech 1900 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 25.632°N, 80.481°W
- NTSB ID
- 20150211X55543
Official records · ERA15FA129
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Air Traffic Control Transcript: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn February 11, 2015, at 1439 eastern standard time, a Beech 1900C, Venezuelan registration YV1674, registered to and operated by Aeropanamericano, C.A., was destroyed during collision with terrain and a postcrash fire, following a loss of propeller thrust during takeoff from Miami Executive Airport (KTMB), Miami, Florida. The two foreign certificated pilots and two passengers were fatally injured. The repositioning flight was conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed for the planned flight to Providenciales International Airport (MBPV), Providenciales, Turks and Caicos. Review of radar and communication data from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in addition to the cockpit voice recorder (CVR), revealed that the flightcrew started the engines at 1427:35 and began to taxi to runway 27L at 1432. At 1434:23, the air traffic controller asked the flightcrew if they were going to do a run-up. The flightcrew responded affirmative; however, subsequent recorded conversation between the flightcrew did not reveal any intelligible reference to a checklist and at 1436:08, a flightcrew member stated "prepare for takeoff now." The flight was cleared for takeoff at 1436:44 and then engine power increased at 1437:22. The flightcrew conversation included "(airspeed) alive" at 1437:38, "V-1" at 1437:51, and "rotate" at 1437:52. About 2 seconds later, at 1437:54, a sound was recorded consistent with a decrease in propeller rpm followed by "e
Probable cause
The left engine propeller's uncommanded travel to the feathered position during takeoff for reasons that could not be determined due to impact damage. Contributing to the accident was the flight crew's failure to establish a coordinated climb once the left engine was shut down and the left propeller was in the feathered position.
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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.
