ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 321149
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| Date: | Wednesday 16 March 2011 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 200 Super King Air |
| Owner/operator: | Carde Equipment Sales LLC |
| Registration: | N849BM |
| MSN: | BB-849 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-41 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA (LGB) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA (LGB/KLGB) |
| Salt Lake City International Airport, UT (SLC/KSLC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Beech Super King Air 200, N849BM, impacted terrain following a loss of control during takeoff from Long Beach Airport, CA. The commercial pilot and four passengers were fatally injured; a fifth passenger was seriously injured. The airplane was destroyed.
Witnesses reported that the airplanes takeoff ground roll appeared to be normal. Shortly after the airplane lifted off, it stopped climbing and yawed to the left. Several witnesses heard abnormal sounds, which they attributed to propeller blade angle changes. The airplanes flight path deteriorated to a left skid and its airspeed began to slow. The airplanes left bank angle increased to between 45 and 90 degrees, and its nose dropped to a nearly vertical attitude. Just before impact, the airplanes bank angle and pitch began to flatten out. The airplane had turned left about 100 degrees when it impacted the ground about 1,500 feet from the midpoint of the 10,000-foot runway. A fire then erupted, which consumed the fuselage.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilots failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during a momentary interruption of power from the left engine during the initial takeoff climb. Contributing to the accident was the power interruption due to water contamination of the fuel, which was likely not drained from the fuel tanks by the pilot during preflight inspection as required in the POH."
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photo (c) NTSB; Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA (LGB/KLGB); March 2011; (publicdomain)
photo (c) NTSB; Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA (LGB/KLGB); March 2011; (publicdomain)
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