Textron Aviation B-300 accident near Addison, TX
On June 30, 2019, a Textron Aviation B-300 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Addison, TX. 10 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 30, 2019
- Place
- Addison, TX
- Aircraft
- Textron Aviation B-300 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 10 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 32.966°N, 96.833°W
- NTSB ID
- 20190630X33829
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn June 30, 2019, about 0911 central daylight time (CDT), a Textron Aviation B-300 (marketed as King Air 350), N534FF, was destroyed when it impacted a hangar shortly after takeoff from runway 15 at Addison Airport (ADS), Addison, Texas. A postimpact fire ensued. The airline transport pilot, the commercial co-pilot, and eight passengers sustained fatal injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight. The airplane was owned by EE Operation LLC and operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight en route to Albert Whitted Airport (SPG), St. Petersburg, Florida. During postaccident interviews, personnel from Flyte Aero (an aviation service provider at ADS) reported that they arrived at the owner’s hangar between 0700 and 0730 on the morning of the accident to prepare the airplane for the flight; they did not perform any maintenance. According to fueling records, all four of the airplane’s tanks were filled with a total of 329 gallons of fuel. According to Flyte Aero personnel, the pilots and passengers arrived about 90 minutes before the flight. The co-pilot greeted the passengers at the hangar and loaded their bags into the baggage compartment. No scale was present, and none of the bags were weighed. Flyte Aero personnel observed both pilots walk around the airplane before the flight but did not see the airplane taxi out. The airplane was equipped with a cockpit voice recorder (CVR)—but was not required to be—that recorded the taxi and accident flight (it was not equipped with a flight data recorder nor was it re
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control following a reduction of thrust in the left engine during takeoff. The reason for the reduction in thrust could not be determined. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to conduct the airplane manufacturer’s emergency procedure following a loss of power in one engine and to follow the manufacturer’s checklists during all phases of ope
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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.
