Beechcraft HA-1 N9231

Summary

On 9 October 1987 at about 03:15 local time, a Beechcraft HA-1 registered N9231 was involved in an accident near Memphis, Tennessee, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 October 1987 at 03:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

Memphis Int'l (MEM)

Coordinates

35.0309, -90.0096

Aircraft

Beechcraft HA-1

Registration

N9231

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Cincinnati

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

ATL88FA007

1 person 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

AFTER T/O PIC WAS TOLD BY TWR THAT TAIL STAND, USED TO PREVENT ACFT FROM TIPPING ON TAIL WHEN LOADED, WAS STILL ATTACHED TO ACFT. PIC REQ TEARDROP TURN BACK TO DEPARTURE RWY. APPROACH CONTROLLER STATED HE SAW MODE C INDICATION OF 700'. A/P ELEV. IS 332'. ACFT WAS RETURNING TO RWY 36R WHEN IT STALLED, RECOVERY WAS ATTEMPTED, AND ACFT IMPACTED GROUND PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF LEVEL OFF. ACFT WAS 379 LBS OVR MAX TAKEOFF WEIGHT AND CG WAS AT LEAST 3' FWD OF THE LIMIT. NO RECORD OF LOAD MANIFEST WAS FOUND. PIC HAD LOW PIC EXPERIENCE AND RECEIVED 2.7 DOCUMENTED FLT HOURS WITH THE OPERATOR'S INSTRUCTOR PILOT INCLUDING HIS 135 COMPETENCY CHECK RIDE OF 1.1 HOURS. OPERATOR'S INITIAL TRAINING CERTIFICATION OF PIC SHOWED 5 HOURS OF FLIGHT TRAINING. ACFT WAS A MODIFIED BEECH TC-45J.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.