Accident · 1990-08-09

NTSB case ATL90FA157 · BEECH E18S · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1990-08-09
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: BEECH E18S (N563W)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: Royal Air Freight, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): ROYAL AIR FREIGHT

Probable cause

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURE BY SHUTTING DOWN THE WRONG ENGINE, WHICH RESULTED IN A FORCED LANDING. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: FAILURE OF THE NUMBER THREE INTAKE VALVE IN THE RIGHT ENGINE DUE TO FATIGUE, AND TREES IN THE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA.

Source: NTSB case ATL90FA157

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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