Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Datum: | vrijdag 2 februari 2007 |
Tijd: | 09:30 |
Type: | Beechcraft B200 King Air |
Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Horizon Timber Services Inc. |
Registratie: | N777AJ |
Constructienummer: | BB-1638 |
Bouwjaar: | 1998 |
Aantal vlieguren: | 1834 |
Motoren: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42 |
Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 2 |
Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 0 |
Totaal: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 2 |
Schade: | Afgeschreven |
Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Plaats: | nabij Cape Girardeau Airport, MO (CGI) ( Verenigde Staten)
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Fase: | Kruisvlucht (ENR) |
Soort vlucht: | Ferry |
Vliegveld van vertrek: | Rogers Municipal Airport-Carter Field, AR (ROG/KROG), Verenigde Staten |
Vliegveld van aankomst: | Staunton-Shenandoah Valley Airport, VA (SHD/KSHD), Verenigde Staten |
Beschrijving:A Beechcraft B200 King Air, N777AJ, was substantially damaged due to acceleration forces incurred during an uncontrolled descent and recovery from cruise at flight level (FL) 270. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight crew reported they depressurized the airplane after a cracked/shattered windshield. They then donned their oxygen masks but were unable to obtain oxygen from the oxygen system resulting in their loss of consciousness. They later regained consciousness, recovered from the descent, and landed without further incident at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The 14 CFR Part 91 business flight was operating on an instrument flight rules plan. The pilot and copilot were uninjured. The flight originated from Rogers Municipal Airport-Carter Field (ROG), Rogers, Arkansas, at 0839.
The business flight was a positioning flight with no passengers aboard. The pilot had the copilot accompany him on the positioning flight so that the copilot could accumulate flight time. The copilot was not a company pilot and had not attended or completed an initial/recurrent training course for the airplane or received a checkout in the airplane.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The company pilot's poor judgment before and during the flight, including turning the oxygen system ready switch to the OFF position after he conducted the preflight inspection and using an unapproved checklist, which did not provide guidance for a fractured windshield and resulted in his depressurizing the airplane."
Members Hersman and Sumwalt did not approve this probable cause. Member Hersman filed a dissenting statement, with which Member Sumwalt concurred. Hersman stated that the fracturing of the windshield should be cited as a contributing cause of this accident.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 10 months | Accident number: | CHI07LA063 | Download report: | Summary report
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Foto's
accident date:
02-02-2007type: Beechcraft B200 Super King Air
registration: N777AJ
accident date:
02-02-2007type: Beechcraft B200 Super King Air
registration: N777AJ
accident date:
02-02-2007type: Beechcraft B200 Super King Air
registration: N777AJ
accident date:
02-02-2007type: Beechcraft B200 Super King Air
registration: N777AJ
Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft
niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Rogers Municipal Airport-Carter Field, AR en Staunton-Shenandoah Valley Airport, VA bedraagt 1351 km (844 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.