Categories
1996 Beech King Air 90 Non-Fatal Non-Fatal Multi-Engine Preflight

B-90 King Air Non-Fatal Orange, VA Nov. 16, 1996

The pilot was taking off with 10 jumpers onboard. At the rotation speed of 100 knots, he used elevator trim to rotate the airplane, but it did not lift off the runway. He continued moving the trim wheel violently to pitch the nose up, and attempted to pull back on the yoke, but the airplane collided with rising terrain off the end of the runway.

Read the NTSB report…

The pilot was taking off with 10 jumpers onboard. At the rotation speed of 100 knots, he used elevator trim to rotate the airplane, but it did not lift off the runway. He continued moving the trim wheel violently to pitch the nose up, and attempted to pull back on the yoke, but the airplane collided with rising terrain off the end of the runway.

Read the NTSB report…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *