Beechcraft C90-1 N901JB

Summary

On 31 January 2008 at about 20:15 local time, a Beechcraft C90-1 registered N901JB was involved in an accident near Meridian, Mississippi, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

31 January 2008 at 20:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Meridian, Mississippi, United States

Coordinates

32.3800, -88.7056

Aircraft

Beechcraft C90-1

Registration

N901JB

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tupelo → Gulf Shores

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC08CA102

Nobody was injured.

An inadvertent encounter with in-cloud turbulence.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The Beech C90-1 was on autopilot, level, and between cloud layers, at 17,000 feet. The pilot saw some buildups ahead, and to avoid the largest one, asked air traffic control for a "slight turn" and a climb to flight level (FL) 190, which was approved. Nothing on the weather radar or stormscope indicated any severe weather ahead. Upon entering the clouds, in a right climbing turn, the airplane "almost immediately" encountered severe turbulence, and was "thrown inverted" in a nose-down attitude. As the airplane gained airspeed, the pilot pulled the throttles to idle and pushed the propeller levers full forward. He then rolled the airplane upright and had to pull the yoke "extremely hard" to recover from the dive. The event began about 17,500 feet, and the recovery was complete at 10,500 feet. The pilot then climbed the airplane to FL 190, and completed the rest of the flight uneventfully. On the subsequent preflight inspection, the pilot found wrinkling in wing sheet metal.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.