Beechcraft C90B SU-ZAA

Summary

On 15 January 2008 at about 11:20 local time, a Beechcraft C90B registered SU-ZAA, operated by Nuclear Center Survey, was involved in an accident near Port Said, Egypt. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 January 2008 at 11:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Port Said, Egypt

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Beechcraft C90B

Registration

SU-ZAA

Category

Airplane

Operator

Nuclear Center Survey

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cairo → Port Said

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

NTSB number

DCA08WA030

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

On January 15, 2008, at 1120 UTC, SU-ZAA, Beech C90B, a training flight, operated by the Nuclear Center Survey, crashed at Port Said Airport (HEP), Egypt. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The pilot and training pilot were fatally injured. The aircraft was destroyed. There was post-crash fire. The flight originated at Cairo, Egypt. The pilots were conducting touch and go landings on runway 01 at HEP. The aircraft was on takeoff climb to start the seventh circuit when the crash occurred. The aircraft crashed about 500 meters from the airport and east of the extended runway centerline. The investigation is being conducted by the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authoritiy. The US Accredited Representative is Dennis L. Jones, NTSB, Washington D.C. (tel. 202-314-6321)

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.