ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327521
| Date: | Saturday 26 November 1983 |
| Time: | 01:53 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft B100 King Air |
| Owner/operator: | Texas Western Aviation |
| Registration: | N1910L |
| MSN: | BE-10 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2214 hours |
| Engine model: | Garrett TPE331-6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Midland/Odessa Regional Airport, TX (MAF) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Wichita Falls-Kickapoo Airport, TX (KIP/KCWC) |
| Midland/Odessa Regional Airport, TX (MAF/KMAF) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft crashed while completing a charter flight that began at November 25, 1983 to transport a tv sports film crew. The flight began at Midland, TX and proceeded to Fort Worth and Wichita Falls, TX, then began a return flight to Midland. During arrival, the pilot transmitted that he was turning on a 1/2 mi final approach for runway 16R. Witnesses observed what appeared to be a normal approach, but at 30 to 50 feet agl, the pilot initiated a go-around, the aircraft pitched up in an extremely nose high attitude, then entered a left bank, stalled and crashed. To duplicate the aircraft's observed profile, simulation tests showed full aft yoke pressure had to have been applied with full nose-up trim engaged throughout the manoeuvre. No pre-existing mechanical defects were found during the investigation. A test of the right front seat passenger's blood showed a blood/alcohol level of .144%. a test of the pilot's blood showed no drugs or alcohol, but a microscopic tissue exam showed changes possibly indicative of myocardial infarction; no cause of an infarction was conclusively established.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Undetermined.
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