Beechcraft 200C N617MS

Summary

On 24 June 1987 at about 17:15 local time, a Beechcraft 200C registered N617MS, operated by Midwest Energy Development, was involved in an accident near Madisonville, Kentucky, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 June 1987 at 17:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Madisonville, Kentucky, United States

Nearest airport

Madisonville Muni (2IO)

Coordinates

37.3295, -87.4998

Aircraft

Beechcraft 200C

Registration

N617MS

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Midwest Energy Development

Operating rule

Part 91F: Special Flt Ops.

Purpose of flight

Executive/Corporate

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Marion

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL87LA185

Nobody was injured.

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

THE ACFT STRUCK A 2-FT HI AVGAS PUMP WHILE THE PLT WAS TAXIING AROUND ANOTHER ACFT THAT WAS PARKED. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED & A SMALL FIRE RESULTED. THE PLT & PAX EVACUATED THE ACFT. LINE PSNL WERE UNABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH HAND-HELD EXTINGUISHERS. THE ACFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ENGULFED BY THE FIRE & WAS DESTROYED. A LARGE DRY CHEMICAL FIRE EXTINGUISHER WAS LOCATED NEXT TO THE PUMP AT THE TIME, BUT LINE PSNL WERE UNABLE TO GET TO IT DUE TO THE FIRE. THE BLACK TOP AROUND THE PUMP HAD RECENTLY BEEN RESURFACED & NO SAFETY MARKINGS, LIGHTS OR BARRICADES WERE IN PLACE AROUND THE PUMP (EXCEPT FOR THE LARGE FIRE EXTINGUISHER). THE PUMP WAS ORIGINALLY LOCATED NEXT TO THE RAMP EDGE, BUT SUBSEQUENTEXPANSION OF THE RAMP LEFT THE PUMP SURROUNDED BY PAVEMENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.