ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329911
| Date: | Tuesday 30 April 1974 |
| Time: | 13:47 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 99 Airliner |
| Owner/operator: | Metro Airlines |
| Registration: | N853SA |
| MSN: | U- 41 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Galveston-Scholes Field, TX (GLS) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Galveston-Scholes Field, TX (GLS/KGLS) |
| Houston-Intercontinental Airport, TX (IAH/KIAH) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The crew left Galveston in a hurry because they were 10 minutes behind schedule. The passengers did not get a safety briefing and the captain left the trim stabilizer in the standby position. Control was lost on takeoff and the airplane crashed and caught fire. To make things worse, the fire truck attending the scene was not equipped with a foam extinguisher.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
pilot in command - lack of familiarity with aircraft
pilot in command - misused or failed to use flaps
miscellaneous acts,conditions - gust locks engaged
FACTORS:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - checklist-failed to use
personnel - airport supervisory personnel: other
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Flight International 09 May 1974 (573)
NTSB
The Victoria Advocate - May 1, 1974
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