Beechcraft BE-76 N184AA

Summary

On 21 March 2008 at about 20:25 local time, a Beechcraft BE-76 registered N184AA, operated by Aviation Atlanta, was involved in an accident near Rome, Georgia, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 March 2008 at 20:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Rome, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Richard B. Russell (RMG)

Coordinates

34.3428, -85.1547

Aircraft

Beechcraft BE-76

Registration

N184AA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Aviation Atlanta

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Rome → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC08FA143

2 people died.

The flight instructor's failure to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering during a simulated engine failure. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's lack of total experience as a multiengine flight instructor.

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Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot was receiving instruction toward a multiengine airplane rating from a certificated flight instructor (CFI). The training syllabus for the flight included introduction to engine failures on takeoff and initial climb, as well as approaches and landings with an inoperative engine. The airplane was observed climbing at slow rate of speed after takeoff. When the airplane reached an altitude of 600 to 800 feet, it began a left turn, consistent with a return to the airport, which was followed by a nose-down descent toward the trees. The airplane impacted in a field and a postcrash fire consumed the majority of the airplane, forward of the empennage. Examination of the wreckage did not reveal evidence of any preimpact malfunctions. The CFI had accumulated about 111 hours of total multiengine flight experience, all in the same make and model as the accident airplane. He received his CFI rating about 3 weeks prior to the accident and had accumulated about 60 hours of multiengine flight experience as a CFI.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.