Rockwell 690A N57169

Summary

On 24 June 1987 at about 06:35 local time, a Rockwell 690A registered N57169 was involved in an accident near Hilliard, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 June 1987 at 06:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Hilliard, Florida, United States

Coordinates

30.6896, -81.9193

Aircraft

Rockwell 690A

Registration

N57169

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Jacksonville → Atlanta

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MIA87FA191

2 people died.

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

RADAR DATA INDICATED THE ACFT CLIMBED NORMALLY TO 9,200 FEET AT WHICH TIME SOME MANUEVER WAS PERFORMED WITH THE ACFT. THE ACFT THEN ENTERED A NEAR VERTICAL DIVE AND THE LAST RADAR HIT WAS AT 6,900 FEET. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT REVEALED IT EXPERIENCED AN INFLIGHT STRUCTUAL BREAKUP AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE TO INDICATE PREBREAKUP FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE ACFT STRUCTURE, FLIGHT CONTROLS, ENGINES, ENGINE MOUNTS, AUTOPILOT, OR SYSTEMS. THE OPERATOR REPORTED ONE EMPLOYEE OVERHEARD THE PLT AND PASSENGER TALK ABOUT ROLLING THE ACFT PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, AND TWO COMPANY EMPLOYEES REPORTED BEING ONBOARD WHEN THE PILOT HAD ROLLED IT ON PRIOR OCCASIONS. ONE OF THESE WAS AT NIGHT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.