Beechcraft 99 N134PM
30 November 1995 · Salt Lake City, Utah, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 30 November 1995 at about 14:28 local time, a Beechcraft 99 registered N134PM was involved in an incident near Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 14:28
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Nearest airport
- Salt Lake City (SLC)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft 99
- Registration
- N134PM
- 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 → Boise
- Aircraft damage
- Not recorded
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX96IA065
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
improper installation of the rudder control cable by company maintenance personnel, which resulted in chafing and/or fatigue and subsequent failure of the cable.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that shortly after takeoff, he felt a sharp jolt in the rudder pedals as the landing gear was retracting; after that, the aircraft would no longer respond to left rudder pedal input. The pilot declared an emergency and made an uneventful landing. Postflight examination of the aircraft revealed that the left rudder control cable had failed in proximity of a control pulley in the aft fuselage. Examination of the two cable retaining pins on the pulley braket showed cable scrape marks at their midpoints. The cable had been installed 3 months before the incident and had accumulated 183 hours in service. Metallurgical examination of the failed cable revealed evidence that at least a portion of the strands had failed from fatigue.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft 99 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 1996 | Beechcraft 99C | Barrow, Alaska, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 20 Aug 1994 | Beechcraft 99 | Helena, Montana, United States | Alpine Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 15 Oct 1997 | Beechcraft 99-C99 | Meadview, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Oct 1998 | Beechcraft 99 | Missoula, Montana, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 1 Feb 1992 | Beechcraft 99 | Bangor, Maine, United States | Northeast Express Regional | No injuries | - |
| 31 Dec 1999 | Beechcraft 99A | St. Barthelemy, West Indies | Bohlke International Airways | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Jul 1995 | Piper PA-20 | Ogden, Utah, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Jul 1995 | Cessna 152 | Wellsville, Utah, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 30 Jul 1995 | Cessna 150J | West Jordan, Utah, United States | Richard W. Baggett | No injuries | - |
| 8 Aug 1995 | Piper PA-28-151 | Panguitch, Utah, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Aug 1995 | Cessna 210E | Bullfrog, Utah, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Aug 1995 | Cessna 177RG | Thompson, Utah, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |