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Abbreviations used
AA airfield approach/early descent AAL above airfield level ADC air data computer ADF automatic direction finder AF air force ASI airspeed indicator ATC air traffic control C climb Cgo cargo flight C-B circuit breaker CFIT controlled flight into terrain CT crew-training flight CVR cockpit voice recorder Demo demonstration flight DME distance measuring equipment ER en route FDR/DFDR flight data recorder/digital FDR ECAM electronic centralised aircraft monitor EFIS electronic flight instrument system EICAS engine indicating and crew alerting system FAA US Federal Aviation Administration Ferry ferry or positioning flight FL flight level = altitude, expressed in hundreds of feet, with international standard pressure setting (ISA) of 1013.2mb set on altimeter (eg:FL100 = altimeter reading of 10,000ft (3,000m) with ISA set) FMS flight management system G on ground GPWS ground proximity warning system HP high pressure ILS instrument landing system ISA international standard atmosphere = sea-level pressure of 1013.2mb and standard temperature/pressure lapse-rate with altitude L landing LP low pressure MTOW maximum take-off weight NDB non-directional beacon NTSB US National Transportation Safety Board Pax passenger flight PF pilot flying PNF pilot not flying Pvt private flight RA runway/final approach RVR runway visual range VFR visual flight rules VHF very high frequency VMC visual meteorological conditions VOR VHF omni-range navigation beacon TO take-off T test flight after maintenance
Conversion factors
1nm=1.85km; 1ft=0.3m; 1kt=1.85km/h
Manufacturers
Aerospatiale Corvette, Socata TBM700 Raytheon Beech King Air series, Baron series, Beechjet Bombardier Learjet series, Challenger series British Aerospace BAe (HS) 125 series, BAe (HS) 748 Cessna Citation series, Conquest series Dassault Falcon series De Havilland Canada Twin Otter series Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, EMB-120 Brasilia Fairchild Metro and Merlin series Gulfstream Gulfstream series Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Astra series, Westwind series Mitsubishi Mu-2B Partenavia Spartacus Pilatus Britten-Norman Islander series Piper Aerostar, Cheyenne series, Saratoga, Seneca Rockwell Commander, Sabreliner
Corporate aviation accidents list - Turbine powered aircraft
Date: 11 January 1999 Type: Mitsubishi Mu-2B-60 Registration: N95MJ Operator: Mag Marketing Location: Engelsbach apt, Frankfurt, Germany Flight Phase: RA Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 2 Check ride for new owner/pilot. Report is that on short finals the pilot pulled throttles back to ground idle and the aircraft touched down very hard. The aircraft was a total loss.
Date: 12 January 1999 Type: Commander 1000 Registration: N20GT Operator: Franklin Research Location: Pilwaukee apt, Wheeling, Ill, USA Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 4 Very hard touchdown. Approach was flown by the owner under direction of the pilot. There was a 10kt tailwind and the airframe had some ice contamination.
Date: 14 January 1999 Type: Beech King Air 300 Registration: N780BF Operator: USA Healthcare Location: Nr Folsom Field, Cullman, Ala, USA Flight Phase: C Fatalities: 2 Injuries: - POB: 2 After being cleared to land from an NDB approach to runway 20 in daylight IMC, with weather reported as 3km visibility in fog, scattered cloud at 200ft (60m), broken cloud at 700ft and overcast at 2,400ft, the pilot stated that he was carrying out a missed approach. That was the last contact with the aircraft, which crashed 5km north west of the airfield.
Date: 22 January 1999 Type: Cessna Citation VII Registration: N782QS Operator: Exec Jet Aviation Location: Port Columbus apt, Ohio, USA Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 2 Right main gear collapsed when the aircraft's weight settled on it.
Date: 5 February 1999 Type: Cessna 182 Registration: N54FC Operator: RO Farms Location: Nr Ozona, Texas Flight Phase: C Fatalities: 5 Injuries: - POB: 5 Crashed about 5km beyond the runway end after take off in night VMC.
Date: 7 February 1999 Type: Cessna 210 Registration: CP-1610 Operator: Aero Taxi Capesi Location: Trinidad, Bolivia Flight Phase: RA Fatalities: 6 Injuries: 1 POB: 7 Went out of control on final approach in daylight VMC.
Date: 7 February 1999 Type: Beech King Air C90 Registration: N74CC Operator: Hart Corporation Location: Mercer apt, New Jersey, USA Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 5 One of the main gear tyres seems to have failed, the right main gear separated.
Date: 10 February 1999 Type: Beech King Air 200 Registration: N680CB Operator: Canterbury Bus Location: Regional apt, Cedar City, Utah, USA Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 3 Gear collapsed during landing roll.
Date: 16 February 1999 Type: Gulfstream II Registration: N711TE Operator: Trans Exec Location: Van Nuys apt, Los Angeles, USA Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 4 The aircraft overran the runway by about 300m having landed long and fast on runway 16R in daylight VMC. It collided with a number of small aircraft.
Date: 19 February 1999 Type: Beech King Air C90 Registration: C-GSAX Operator: Slave Air Location: 6km W of Slave Lake, Canada Flight Phase: AA Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 2 During the first approach in darkness the aircraft was poorly lined up for the runway, so the co-pilot carried out a go-around. The captain took control, but while circling to position for another approach flew into the lake's frozen surface.
Date: 28 February 1999 Type: Piper Cheyenne II Registration: C-FCEC Operator: CEC Flightexec Location: Timmins apt, Ontario, Canada Flight Phase: TO Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 3 During a daylight take-off in snowy conditions the pilot lacked visual cues for the runway centre, the aircraft drifted left and the port propeller hit a 0.6m high snow bank, which caused it to drift further left until the other propeller also hit the bank. RVR was 5,000ft (1,520m) in light snow, and the surface of the runway centre had been sanded over shallow, loose snow.
Date: 12 March 1999 Type: Mitsubishi Mu-2B-20 Registration: N176BJ Operator: Hartford Holding Location: McGhee Tyson apt, Knoxville, USA Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 3 Right engine lost power after the aircraft levelled at 4,500ft, and the pilot shut it down and feathered the propeller. Simultaneously, the aircraft had a complete electrics failure. On returning to Knoxville, the pilot selected the gear down but the aircraft landed with the gear up.
Date: 13 March 1999 Type: Socata TBM700 Registration: N700SP Operator: Volare Aviation Location: Regional apt, Winchester, Va, USA Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 2 Pilot, distracted by other traffic, forgot to lower the undercarriage. When the warning horn sounded, the pilot did not hear as he was talking to his passenger.
Date: 20 March 1999 Type: Piper Cherokee Six Registration: HK-1603P Operator: SADI Colombia Location: 8km SW of Ataco, Colombia Flight Phase: ER Fatalities: 6 Injuries: - POB: 7 Flew into the side of a mountain.
Date: 25 March 1999 Type: Cessna Citation II Registration: N37MH Operator: Charlie Brown Air Location: State College, Pennsylvania, USA Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 2 Gear reported to have collapsed on landing.
Date: 30 March 1999 Type: Learjet 35A Registration: N508GP Operator: Piedmont Hawthorne Location: Rogers Municipal apt, Ark, USA Flight Phase: RA Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 10 Undershot the threshold of runway 19 by about 5m in good daylight weather with wind 150¡/13kt gusting 19kt. Left main gear was damaged by approach lighting and collapsed.
Date: 7 April 1999 Type: Learjet 24D Registration: PT-LEM Operator: Manaca Taxi Aereo Location: Leite Lopez apt, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil Flight Phase: L Fatalities: 5 Injuries: - POB: 5 During an intended touch-and-go for crew training, the aircraft touched down in an "abnormal" attitude, one of its wings struck the runway and the aircraft crashed and caught fire.
Date: 17 April 1999 Type: Beechjet 400 Registration: N400VG Operator: Vecellio & Grogan Location: Beckley apt, West Virginia, USA Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: 6 POB: 8 Overran runway 28 during a daylight landing in slight rain, and fell down a steep slope into trees. The aircraft seems to have landed long on the 1,520m runway.
Date: 18 April 1999 Type: Cessna 206 Registration: ZK-EKJ Operator: Waterwings Airways Location: Mt Suter, Milford Sound, New Zealand Flight Phase: ER Fatalities: 5 Injuries: - POB: 5 The sightseeing flight crashed into the eastern face of Mt Suter about 180ft below the 6,900ft summit. The weather was generally good but cloud was forming over high ground.
Date: 22 April 1999 Type: Let 410UVP Registration: YV-956C Operator: Edgar Lacruz Location: Nr Caen, France Flight Phase: ER Fatalities: - Injuries: 2 POB: 3 En route at 3,000ft under VFR between Sweden and Porto, Portugal both engines lost power within a short time of each other. The pilot force-landed straight ahead. It was determined that an unapproved auxiliary fuel supply in drums in the cabin had not supplied fuel to the main tanks at the correct rate.
Date: 24 April 1999 Type: Pilatus Turbo Porter Registration: 4X-AIY Operator: Sky Club Location: Nr Habonim, Haifa, Israel Flight Phase: C Fatalities: 4 Injuries: 6 POB: 10 Climbing through about 300ft after take-off, the engine made an unusual noise and stopped. The aircraft crashed on a low hill.
Date: 9 May 1999 Type: Cessna 205 Registration: N8157Z Operator: Grand Lake Skydiving Location: Nr Celina, Ohio, USA Flight Phase: C Fatalities: 6 Injuries: - POB: 6 The engine failed soon after getting airborne, and the aircraft entered a flat spin from which it did not recover.
Date: 14 May 1999 Type: Beech King Air B100 Registration: N924RM Operator: Executive Leasing Location: Hickory apt, NC, USA Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 4 Right main gear failed to extend, and eventually the pilot decided to land with only the left main and nose gear down. The aircraft made a night landing and slewed off the runway into a ditch.
Date: 17 May 1999 Type: Curtiss C-46F Registration: CP-1319 Operator: CAMBA Location: Nr El Paraiso Ranch, Beni, Bolivia Flight Phase: RA Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 2 During the approach to the airstrip at the El Paraiso Ranch, one of the engines began backfiring so the pilot shut it down and feathered the propeller. The aircraft was unable to maintain height and the pilot carried out a forced landing on marshy ground.
Date: 17 May 1999 Type: Beech 99A Registration: N133BA Operator: Bemidji Airlines Location: Beltrami County apt, Minnesota, USA Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 1 During a test flight the gear travelling warning light remained on. Recycling did not work and when the gear was selected down it did not respond. The pilot pumped the gear down manually, and a fly-by over the tower brought confirmation that the gear appeared down even though there was no green for the left main gear. The left main gear collapsed on landing.
Date: 21 May 1999 Type: Pilatus Turbo Porter Registration: N338CC Operator: North Platte Express Location: Shively Field, Wyoming, USA Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 2 During a training touch and go, the left main gear failed.
Date: 22 May 1999 Type: Beech King Air B90 Registration: N301DK Operator: Pacific Int Skydiving Location: In sea off Mokuleia, Hawaii Flight Phase: AA Fatalities: 1 Injuries: - POB: 1 The parachutists had jumped as planned and the aircraft was seen to begin a descending turn toward the shore, but the descending turn continued until impact with the sea.
Date: 24 May 1999 Type: Mitsubishi Mu-2B-40 Registration: N701K Operator: Lucky Landings Location: 6km N of Perry Sound, Canada Flight Phase: TO Fatalities: 2 Injuries: - POB: 2 Crashed immediately after take off in darkness and IMC.
Date: 24 May 1999 Type: Commander 690C Registration: N840V Operator: KV Oil & Gas Location: Ingalls apt, Hot Springs, Virginia, USA Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 1 Touched down hard on its left main gear and bounced. On settling again the left main gear collapsed. There was a strong and gusting crosswind from the left.
Date: 12 June 1999 Type: Beech King Air C90 Registration: N369GA Operator: Eastway Aviation Location: White Plains, NY, USA Flight Phase: TO Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 4 Collided with a deer during take off run. Nose gear failed.
Date: 14 June 1999 Type: Beech King Air 100A Registration: C-GASW Operator: Thunder Airlines Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Flight Phase: C Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 5 Crashed shortly after take off from runway 30 at Thunder Bay.
Date: 16 June 1999 Type: Commander 690B1 Registration: N480K Operator: SB Aircraft Sales Location: Peninsula apt, Calif, USA Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 5 Main gear collapsed on landing.
Date: 22 June 1999 Type: CASA 212-100 Registration: F-GOBP Operator: Euparle Boogie Perf Location: La Garenne apt, Agen, France Flight Phase: C Fatalities: 2 Injuries: - POB: 2 During the climb with 16 parachutists on board the crew reported a technical problem. The parachutists jumped safely from 9,800ft, but during final approach to Agen the aircraft lost height fast and crashed 500m short of the runway.
Date: 25 June 1999 Type: Beech King Air C90 Registration: N221NC Operator: Stone Aviation Location: Mineral County apt, Creede, Colo USA Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 7 Hard touchdown on right main gear which collapsed.
Date: 25 June 1999 Type: Beech King Air C90 Registration: N3019W Operator: Aerocenter Location: Nr Munson, Florida, USA Flight Phase: ER Fatalities: 2 Injuries: - POB: 2 En route from Zephyrhills, Florida, to Mobile, Alabama, the pilot reported that he was descending to 11,000ft and asked to deviate to the north to avoid weather. Shortly after this the pilot reported that he was "out of control and going down".
Date: 30 June 1999 Type: Beech 99 Registration: D-IBEX Operator: NightExpress Location: Nr Liege, Belgium Flight Phase: ER Fatalities: 2 Injuries: - POB: 2 Crew advised that they had a mechanical problem and could not maintain height, but accepted radar vectors for Bierset apt near Liege. The aircraft crashed short of the airfield.
Date: 1 July 1999 Type: Learjet 60 Registration: N219FX Operator: Bombardier Bus Jet Location: Barnstaple apt, Hyannis, Mass, USA Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 2 Crew announced a hydraulic problem on approach but continued with the landing, which overran the runway. Inspection revealed that the left and right main gear actuator hydraulic line connectors had not been tightened properly and were leaking.
Date: 1 July 1999 Type: Shorts Skyvan Registration: N51NS Operator: Summit Air Charters Location: Rusty Springs airstrip, Yukon, Canada Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 2 Right main gear collapsed when rear spar of the gear-mounting stub-wing failed.
Date: 1 July 1999 Type: Piper Cheyenne II Registration: N602RM Operator: Unidentified Location: Nr Deerfield, Virginia, USA Flight Phase: AA Fatalities: 1 Injuries: - POB: 1 During the descent for Shenandoah Valley regional airport, Staunton, the aircraft appears to have gone out of control. There was no indication passed to ATC of any problems.
Date: 3 July 1999 Type: Beech King Air 100 Registration: N577D Operator: Atlanta Aircraft Location: Marsh Harbour, Bahamas Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 8 Landed with gear retracted.
Date: 7 July 1999 Type: Dassault Falcon 20 Registration: G-FRAU Operator: FR Aviation Location: Nr Florennes, Belgium Flight Phase: ER Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 2 Severe icing at 15,000ft. Pilot started a descent to clear this but encountered heavy hail. Minor damage, but the aircraft landed safely.
Date: 9 July 1999 Type: BAe (HS) 125-1 Registration: XA-TAL Operator: Aerojet Express Location: Toluca apt, Toluca, Mexico Flight Phase: RA Fatalities: 4 Injuries: - POB: 4 Hit the ground 350m short of the runway during a night ILS approach in reducing visibility estimated at about 1.5km at the time. The aircraft was operating a flight for DHL.
Date: 24 July 1999 Type: Piper Cheyenne III Registration: TC-FAH Operator: THK Turkish Air Taxi Location: Esenboga apt, Ankara Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 2 Nose landing gear collapsed on landing.
Date: 28 July 1999 Type: Beech King Air A90 Registration: RP-C990 Operator: Lepanto Mining Location: Mt Namogioan, Philippines Flight Phase: ER Fatalities: 8 Injuries: - POB: 8 Flew into the side of a mountain about 20km from the destination in daylight but overcast skies after the pilot had requested weather details.
Date: 28 July 1999 Type: Fairchild Metro III Registration: SX-BGG Operator: KAL - Calavia Location: In sea off Rhodes, Greece Flight Phase: RA Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 2 Lost power on both engines during a night approach from Athens to Diagoras apt and ditched just off the coast.
Date: 31 July 1999 Type: Beech King Air A90 Registration: N518DM Operator: Parahawks Skydiving Location: Marine City apt, Michigan, USA Flight Phase: C Fatalities: 10 Injuries: - POB: 10 Having climbed to about 200ft the aircraft entered a steep descending left turn continuing until impact.
Date: 3 August 1999 Type: Piper Cherokee Six Registration: HC-AKO Operator: Negocios Ind Location: Guayaquil, Ecuador Flight Phase: C Fatalities: 5 Injuries: - POB: 5 Engine lost power soon after take off, and the aircraft struck a telegraph pole during the attempted forced landing. The aircraft crashed and caught fire.
Date: 7 August 1999 Type: Beech King Air 200 Registration: N5UN Operator: Eastway Aviation Location: White Plains, NY, USA Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 1 Gear problems during approach. Landed with gear up.
Date: 10 August 1999 Type: Cessna 414 Registration: N373BC Operator: Gibalco Air Services Location: Nr Roberts apt, Monrovia, Liberia Flight Phase: RA Fatalities: 6 Injuries: - POB: 6 Crashed and burned about 4km short of the runway in night VMC.
Date: 12 August 1999 Type: Cessna 206 Registration: N193GE Operator: Greystoke Eng Location: Nr Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA Flight Phase: C Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 1 Fuel began to leak fast shortly after take-off from the cabin auxiliary fuel tanks fitted for a ferry flight. The leak was filling the cabin floor so fast that the pilot elected to make a forced landing. Soon after the aircraft came to rest the aircraft caught fire.
Date: 16 August 1999 Type: Fairchild Metro III Registration: N2671V Operator: Merlin Express Location: San Antonio apt, Texas, USA Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 2 Crew forgot to lower landing gear during a crew training exercise while simulating a hydraulic failure.
Date: 17 August 1999 Type: DHC Twin Otter 300 Registration: 9X-RKD Operator: Alliance Express Location: Airstrip nr Lobutu, Zaire Flight Phase: RA Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 2 The pilot used GPS to break cloud and was looking for a widened section of a road which was used as the airstrip, but landed on a narrow part which had embankments which the wingtips hit.
Date: 17 August 1999 Type: BAe 125 Srs 600 Registration: N454DP Operator: DP Air LLC Location: McCarran apt, Las Vegas, USA Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 8 Just before take off the crew felt a violent vibration, but the take-off was completed safely and the gear retracted. Hydraulic pressure began to reduce, but the pilot elected to continue to destination. There was no response on selecting gear down, however, so the aircraft was landed with gear up. It was found that the right inboard main gear tyre had shed tread which damaged the hydraulic lines in the wheelwell.
Date: 17 August 1999 Type: Challenger 600 Registration: N63HJ Operator: Hop A Jet Location: Executive apt, Florida, USA Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 3 When the nose-gear was lowered onto the runway after a safe touchdown, the aircraft veered left off the runway.
Date: 20 August 1999 Type: DHC Turbo Otter Registration: N888K Operator: Ketchum Air Service Location: Unknown Flight Phase: TO Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 4 During a water take-off, when the aircraft was "on the step", the pilot inadvertently retracted the flaps and elected to abandon the take-off. The aircraft failed to stop before reaching the lake shore and its floats were torn off on the beach.
Date: 25 August 1999 Type: Beech King Air F90 Registration: F-GIFK Operator: Avdef Location: In flight, nr Nantes, France Flight Phase: ER Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 2 The crew encountered a severe hailstorm which caused serious damage, but the aircraft landed safely.
Date: 29 August 1999 Type: Learjet 35A Registration: N350JF Operator: Sandgate Inv Location: Nr Adwa, Ethiopia Flight Phase: ER Fatalities: 2 Injuries: - POB: 2 The aircraft is believed to have been brought down by Ethiopian anti-aircraft fire after penetrating Ethiopian airspace south of Asmera, Eritrea.
Date: 1 September 1999 Type: Cessna 404 Titan Registration: 5H0-NAT Operator: Northern Air Location: Mt Meru, Nr Arusha, Tanzania Flight Phase: AA Fatalities: 12 Injuries: - POB: 12 Hit the southern slopes of Mt Meru at 8,800ft early in its descent to Kilimanjaro airport, about 20km from the airport. Mt Meru was in cloud, but conditions were mainly VMC. The flight was operating under VFR.
Date: 2 September 1999 Type: Piper Cheyenne II Registration: ZP-TYI Operator: ITAIPU Location: Colonia San Pedro apt, Paraguay Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 2 The aircraft veered off the rough airstrip after a normal touchdown in VMC.
Date: 3 September 1999 Type: Cessna 404 Titan Registration: G-ILGW Operator: Edinburgh Air Location: Linwood, nr Glasgow, Scotland Flight Phase: C Fatalities: 8 Injuries: 3 POB: 11 Soon after take off the aircraft went out of control and crashed. The aircraft was near its maximum take off weight, and witnesses report that at least one engine was "spluttering" and that one of the propellers was turning slowly during the descending turn to impact.
Date: 3 September 1999 Type: Beech King Air B90 Registration: N338AS Operator: CP Horizons Corp Location: West Palm Beach, Florida, USA Flight Phase: RA Fatalities: 8 Injuries: - POB: 8 The pilot broadcast a "mayday" before the aircraft crashed about 1km short of runway 13 in night VMC at Palm Beach International airport. The pilot appears to have diverted to Palm Beach because it was not the aircraft's original destination, but no reason for requesting a landing at Palm Beach had been given.
Date: 5 September 1999 Type: Cessna 208B Registration: LN-PBB Operator: Hangar 5 Location: Sumburgh apt, Scotland Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 2 The aircraft landed long and fast. It became apparent that an overrun was likely so the captain made a last-minute attempt at a go-around, but it was too late. The aircraft overran onto the concrete blocks which provide the sea defences at the runway's end.
Date: 9 September 1999 Type: Beech King Air 200 Registration: F-GIAL Operator: Alf Air Location: Carpiquet apt, Caen, France Flight Phase: RA Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 3 Unconfirmed reports suggest that the captain chose to carry out a late go-around in bad weather and called for flaps to take-off, but that the co-pilot inadvertently retracted the flaps. The aircraft lost height and touched down hard, causing the gear to fail.
Date: 11 September 1999 Type: Beech King Air 200C Registration: C9-ASX Operator: LAM Location: Jan Smuts apt, J'burg, S. Africa Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 8 Gear collapsed on landing.
Date: 14 September 1999 Type: Dassault Falcon 900 Registration: SX-ECH Operator: Govt of Greece Location: Nr Giurgiu, Romania Flight Phase: AA Fatalities: 7 Injuries: 1 POB: 13 Aircraft went out of control at about 23,000ft, porpoising violently in its decent during which seven passengers were killed by being thrown around or by being struck by flying objects. The aircraft recovered to land at Bucharest Airport. An interim report by Greek official investigators in advance of the official Romanian report alleges that the accident was caused by a known pitch feel system malfunction resulting from failure to fit an approved system modification.
Date: 16 September 1999 Type: Commander 500S Registration: TG-RBK Operator: Procafe Location: Nr La Tinta, Guatemala Flight Phase: RA Fatalities: 6 Injuries: - POB: 6 Aircraft hit the ground about 300m short of a farm strip and was destroyed.
Date: 18 September 1999 Type: Cessna 182 Registration: N4803D Operator: Ags Over Texas Location: Coulter Field, Bryan, Texas, USA Flight Phase: C Fatalities: 5 Injuries: - POB: 5 Climbing through about 450ft in daylight VMC after take off for a parachutist drop, the aircraft banked right, nosed down and went out of control.
Date: 19 September 1999 Type: Beech King Air 200 Registration: YV-385CP Operator: CAV Location: 15km SW of Bimini, Bahamas Flight Phase: ER Fatalities: 1 Injuries: - POB: 1 After the pilot had advised Miami ATC of an emergency, the aircraft crashed into the sea in daylight VMC.
Date: 25 September 1999 Type: Piper PA-31-350 Registration: N411WL Operator: Big Island Air Location: Mt Mauna Loa, Hawaii Flight Phase: ER Fatalities: 10 Injuries: - POB: 10 The aircraft crashed into Mt Mauna Loa at about 10,500ft AMSL while on a daylight sightseeing flight from Keahole-Kona airport.
Date: 25 September 1999 Type: Learjet 36 Registration: OE-GMD Operator: Air Med Location: Langenlebarn AFB, Tulln, Austria Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 4 Overran runway 08 at Tulln by about 200min daylight with a 1,400m dry runway. Reports suggest that the landing was conducted with a tailwind.
Date: 26 September 1999 Type: Learjet 24 Registration: N224SC Operator: Dolphin Aviation Location: Gainesville apt, Georgia, USA Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: 2 POB: 5 Overran 1,220m runway 29 in daylight VMC. There was a 6kt tailwind.
Date: 4 October 1999 Type: Socata TB-10 Tobago Registration: OB-1483 Operator: Servicios Turisticos Location: In sea of Pisco, Peru Flight Phase: ER Fatalities: 5 Injuries: - POB: 5 Crashed into the sea about 3km from the airport after taking off from Pisco in rain, fog and strong winds.
Date: 5 October 1999 Type: Beech King Air 200 Registration: N280MS Operator: Durham Aircraft Location: Mt Berlin, Mass, USA Flight Phase: C Fatalities: 2 Injuries: - POB: 2 Flew into the side of the mountain at the 2,300ft level about 4min after a night IMC take off from runway 29 at Harriman and West Airport, North Adams, around 8km to the west. The aircraft had been cleared to climb to 5,000ft and to expect clearance to FL220. Shortly before the impact the pilot had asked for confirmation that ATC wanted the flight to level at 2,200ft.
Date: 11 October 1999 Type: Fairchild Metro III Registration: N438MA Operator: Merlin Express Location: Opa Locka apt, Florida, USA Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 2 The co-pilot, who was flying the aircraft, moved the throttles to flight idle but got ground idle. The sink rate caused a hard landing with a bounce, and the aircraft veered to the right off the side of the runway. Night time VMC conditions.
Date: 13 October 1999 Type: Cessna Caravan I Registration: N1117G Operator: Skylink Express Location: Lake Erie, Ontario, Canada Flight Phase: ER Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 2 There was a loud bang during the cruise and the propeller stopped. The crew shut down the engine and carried out a forced landing in the lake in darkness.
Date: 15 October 1999 Type: Cessna Caravan I Registration: C-FKSL Operator: Wasaya Airways Location: Ranger Lake, Ontario, Canada Flight Phase: AA Fatalities: - Injuries: 1 POB: 1 While holding over Ranger Lake for special VFR clearance into the Red Lake control zone the aircraft flew into the "glassy" surface of the lake while avoiding a flock of birds. The pilot says that he did not know how low he was.
Date: 15 October 1999 Type: Mitsubishi Diamond I Registration: I-VIGI Operator: Aeroitalia Location: Nr Parma, Italy Flight Phase: RA Fatalities: - Injuries: 1 POB: 8 On an ILS approach to Parma, the aircraft hit the ground in thick fog 3.5km short of the runway.
Date: 24 October 1999 Type: Learjet 35A Registration: I-AVJG Operator: Avioreprese Jet Exec Location: In sea, 12km S of Camogli, Italy Flight Phase: RA Fatalities: 3 Injuries: - POB: 3 The aircraft crashed into the sea on approach to Genoa in daylight but poor visibility with low cloud and rain.
Date: 25 October 1999 Type: Learjet 35 Registration: N47BA Operator: Jet Shares One Location: Nr Mina, S Dakota, USA Flight Phase: ER Fatalities: 6 Injuries: - POB: 6 Radio contact was lost about 20min after departure from Orlando, Florida, while the aircraft was climbing through FL370 for its cleared flight level of 390, heading north west. The aircraft failed to turn onto a cleared westerly heading and flew on its original heading, apparently until it ran out of fuel, when it entered a steep descent and crashed near Mina. Cruising height varied between 22,000ft and 51,000ft for about 4h before descending. Military aircraft called to investigate the flight flew alongside, the pilots reporting that the Learjet's windows were "fogged", but there was nothing visibly wrong with the aircraft. The aircraft had been bound for Dallas.
Date: 11 November 1999 Type: Beech King Air 200 Registration: N869 Operator: Jaymar Ruby Location: Meigs apt, Chicago, USA Flight Phase: C Fatalities: 3 Injuries: - POB: 3 Crashed into Lake Michigan immediately after a night take-off in VMC. Witnesses have reported that the take off run was unusually long and that the aircraft sounded "different".
Date: 20 November 1999 Type: Cessna Caravan II Registration: D2-ECQ Operator: Aviacao Ligeira Location: Gen Deslandes apt, Benguela, Angola Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 5 Nose gear collapsed during the landing roll.
Date: 24 November 1999 Type: Cessna 206 Registration: VX-XGR Operator: Karumba Location: In sea nr Mornington Is, Australia Flight Phase: C Fatalities: 6 Injuries: - POB: 6 Wreckage suggests that aircraft impacted the sea at high speed. Daylight but poor weather. Last contact with the aircraft was as it reported passing 3,500ft climbing to 5,500ft having taken off from Mornington Island for Normanton.
Date: 26 November 1999 Type: Cessna Caravan I Registration: 5Y-RAN Operator: Aircraft Leasing Location: Nairobi Intl apt, Kenya Flight Phase: C Fatalities: 4 Injuries: - POB: 4 Aircraft crashed just after take off in the darkness with fog.
Date: 27 November 1999 Type: DHC Dash 7 Registration: N273EP Operator: Raytheon Range Location: Bucholz airfield, Marshall Is Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 18 Nose gear failed to indicate down when gear was selected. Nose gear collapsed on landing.
Date: 27 November 1999 Type: Beech King Air A90 Registration: N866A Operator: Big Sky Adventures Location: St George apt, South Carolina, USA Flight Phase: ER--1 Power started to reduce at 12,500ft. The pilot instructed the parachutists to jump and he attempted recovery to the airport, but could not maintain height. The aircraft touched down about 500m short of runway 5.
Date: 29 November 1999 Type: Beech King Air C90B Registration: N568SA Operator: Euroflight Location: Charralave apt, Charralave, Venezuela Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 1 The brand new aircraft was being ferried to the Dominican Republic, but the pilot flared too early and touched down hard, causing damage.
Date: 6 December 1999 Type: Cessna Caravan I Registration: N5187B Operator: Arctic Circle Location: Bethel apt, Alaska, USA Flight Phase: C Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 2 When the pilot retracted the flap as the aircraft climbed through 200ft the aircraft could not maintain height, and it touched down again on the runway about 60m from the end, overrunning and suffering serious damage.
Date: 6 December 1999 Type: Piper PA-31-350 Registration: ZS-OJY Operator: Flightline Location: Rand apt, Johannesburg, S Africa Flight Phase: C Fatalities: 10 Injuries: - POB: 10 Lost height and crashed shortly after take off from runway 29. The pilot reported the loss of the right engine, initially requested a left turn to land on 29 but then announced that he would have to force-land. The inquiry established that the aircraft was overloaded, and that the power loss was caused by a failure in the exhaust system which is connected to the turbocharger manifold.
Date: 7 December 1999 Type: Cessna 207 Registration: N1747U Operator: Grant Aviation Location: 80km W of Bethel, Alaska, USA Flight Phase: ER Fatalities: 6 Injuries: - POB: 6 The aircraft disappeared and was later found on the tundra approximately on its track between Bethel and Nightmute.
Date: 9 December 1999 Type: Cessna CitationJet Registration: N525KL Operator: College of Ozarks Location: Point Lookout, Missouri, USA Flight Phase: AA Fatalities: 6 Injuries: - POB: 6 During a daylight GPS approach to runway 11 at Point Lookout, the aircraft flew into a hill in IMC about 6km short of the threshold.
Date: 9 December 1999 Type: Piper Navajo Registration: SE-GDN Operator: Twin Air Location: Gammeldammsberket, Sweden Flight Phase: C Fatalities: 8 Injuries: - POB: 8 Just after take off from Sundsvall for Goteborg in snow and strong winds the pilot reported that he was "having trouble with his compass". The aircraft crashed 25km N of Sundsvall.
Date: 12 December 1999 Type: IAI Westwind Registration: N50PL Operator: Lahaye Laboratories Location: Nr Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania, USA Flight Phase: AA Fatalities: 3 Injuries: - POB: 3 During the night descent into Teterboro Airport, the crew gave no indication of any problems, but the aircraft impacted the ground in a steep dive.
Date: 16 December 1999 Type: Piper Cheyenne Registration: N919RD Operator: Robert Denison Location: Nr Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Flight Phase: C Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 3 The pilot reported a partial loss of power. The aircraft could not maintain height and force-landed.
Date: 19 December 1999 Type: Beech King Air E90 Registration: ? Operator: Uni of S California Location: Nr Beaufort, S Carolina, USA Flight Phase: RA Fatalities: 1 Injuries: 1 POB: 2 Undershot runway 24 during a night surveillance radar approach in conditions which were technically night VMC but not good.
Date: 21 December 1999 Type: Cessna Citation I Registration: N1218S Operator: McMahan Ents Location: Crisp County apt, Cordele, Ga, USA Flight Phase: C Fatalities: 1 Injuries: - POB: 1 Hit trees during go-around after a localiser-only approach to runway 10 at Cordele in darkness with low cloud and mist.
Date: 23 December 1999 Type: Cessna Caravan I Registration: N1315A Operator: M&N Aviation Location: Nr Ajuntas, Puerto Rico Flight Phase: ER Fatalities: - Injuries: 1 POB: 2 With a lowering cloudbase, the aircraft struck trees on a hillside at the 2,500ft level while attempting to stay in VMC.
Date: 26 December 1999 Type: IAI Westwind Registration: N422BC Operator: Bradley Aviation Location: Gen Mitchell apt, Milwaukee, USA Flight Phase: G Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 6 Carrying out the checklist during taxiing for take off, the co-pilot opened the oxygen shut off valve, saw sparks and heard a "popping" sound. A flame erupted from the area of the valve, and the crew brought the aircraft to a halt and evacuated the passengers. The fire spread and eventually destroyed the aircraft.
Date: 28 December 1999 Type: Cessna Caravan I Registration: C-FGGG Operator: Seair Services Location: Nr Abbotsford, BC, Canada Flight Phase: C Fatalities: - Injuries: 3 POB: 6 When the pilot retracted the flaps on climbing through 400ft, the aircraft went out of control. The pilot crash-landed it in a field.
Date: 31 December 1999 Type: Beech 99A Registration: N491BB Operator: Bohike Airways Location: St Barthelemy apt, Guadeloupe Flight Phase: L Fatalities: - Injuries: - POB: 8 The aircraft yawed to the left on touchdown and ran off the side of the runway. The pilot reported that the gear indicators showed fully down, ground witnesses report that the left main gear leg was moving.
Source: Flight International
