Beechcraft C-99 N206AV

Summary

On 6 January 2010 at about 12:35 local time, a Beechcraft C-99 registered N206AV, operated by Ameriflight, LLC, was involved in an accident near Kearney, Nebraska, United States. One person was 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

6 January 2010 at 12:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Kearney, Nebraska, United States

Nearest airport

Kearney Regional Airport (EAR)

Coordinates

40.7269, -99.0067

Aircraft

Beechcraft C-99

Registration

N206AV

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Ameriflight, LLC

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Omaha → Kearney

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

CEN10LA090

Nobody was injured.

The failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed during the approach resulting in a stall. Contributing to the accident was the accumulation of structural icing during the flight.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that the airplane picked up light to moderate icing on approach to land and that he cycled the deicing boots once prior to the final approach fix. The pilot was established on the instrument landing system approach when he broke out of the weather about 250 feet above ground level. He estimated that the approach brought the airplane 60 feet right of the runway centerline so he made a correction to align the airplane with the runway. When the airplane returned to level flight and was about 25 feet above the runway, the left wing stalled and the airplane landed hard on the left main landing gear, bending the rear spar of the left wing. During the postaccident inspection of the airplane, ice was noted on the wings and deicing boots. The pilot did not recall the stall warning horn activating during the approach. The stall warning horn’s circuit breaker was found to be tripped during the postaccident inspection. The cause of the tripped circuit breaker could not be determined. An examination of the remaining systems revealed no anomalies.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.