Accident · 1990-04-20

NTSB case FTW90FA097 · BEECH 58 · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1990-04-20
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: BEECH 58 (N770X)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: AIR EXCHANGE Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): AIR EXCHANGE INC

Probable cause

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER USE OF THE FUEL BOOST PUMPS FOR TAKE, AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED ABOVE THE MINIMUM SINGLE ENGINE CONTROL SPEED (VMC), WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL.

Source: NTSB case FTW90FA097

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.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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