Beechcraft 99A N12RA
12 January 1971 · Killeen, Texas, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 12 January 1971 at about 18:20 local time, a Beechcraft 99A registered N12RA, operated by Rio Airways *, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Killeen, Texas, United States. 15 people were on board and 9 were seriously injured, 6 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 18:20
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Killeen, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Killeen
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft 99A
- Registration
- N12RA
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Rio Airways *
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Dallas, Tex → S
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-0004
People
9 people were seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
PLT KNEW WEA WAS BELOW VOR MINIMUMS FROM ATC ANDANOTHER PLT WHO HAD TO DIVERT TO ALTERNATE ARPT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft 99 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Nov 1971 | Beechcraft 99A | Ft.lauderdale, Florida, United States | Shawnee Airli* | No injuries | - |
| 27 Sep 1971 | Beechcraft 99 | Oakland, California, United States | Golden Pacifi* | No injuries | - |
| 30 Sep 1971 | Beechcraft 99 | Flushing, New York, United States | Air New Engla* | No injuries | - |
| 3 Nov 1971 | Beechcraft 99 | Cleveland, Ohio, United States | Wright Airline | No injuries | - |
| 5 Aug 1971 | Beechcraft 99 | Ashland, Wisconsin, United States | Midstate Air * | No injuries | - |
| 11 Jun 1971 | Beechcraft 99 | Brunswick, Georgia, United States | Air South Inc* | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Mar 1971 | M Mustang M-1 | Aurora, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Jan 1971 | Cessna 172 | Creston, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jan 1971 | Piper PA-22 | Sarasota, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Mar 1971 | Cessna 172K | Bethany, Oklahoma, United States | Diamond Air, In | No injuries | - |
| 27 Mar 1971 | Taylorcraft DCO-65 | Portage, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 20 May 1971 | Flybaby 1A | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |