Video: King Air 90 Crash Brazil

[somewhereupthere]

 

[Kingairer]

Dayum....Without knowing anything about the situation that looked like some poor airmanship.

 

[mshunter]

That's an oooooold video. It's hard to tell if he was single engine, or trying to cheat the turn with rudder. I'm guessing he had already declared and was SE because of how quick the emergency equipment was rolling.

 

[chrisreedrules]

I'm trying to understand:

A) Why wasn't he on a straight-in?

B) It appeared almost as if he had the field made... Why not pull the thrust and glider her in...

 

[AAPalmTree]

Skidded turn stall

 

[mshunter]

Skidded turn stall

Yeah, but why? The equipment seemed to be waiting.

 

[Hacker15e]

Just looked like a classic final-turn stall to me.

Mis-judged the turn, overshot final, and stalled trying to square up the corner and make it work.

 

[NickH]

I remember seeing this video before. As I recall there was some kind of mechanical, and speculation was failing to focus on the flying.

 

[jskibo]

This one?

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=145223

Date: 20-APR-2012
Time: 14:30 LT
Type:

Beechcraft C90B King Air
Owner/operator: Private
Registration: PP-WCA
C/n / msn: LJ-1676
Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities: 0
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: Near Comandante Rolim Adolfo Amaro State Airport - SBJD, Jundiaí, SP -

Brazil
Phase: Approach
Nature: Test
Departure airport: SBJD
Destination airport: SBJD
Narrative:
A Beechcraft C90B King Air crashed on final, about 300 metres short of the runway of Comandante Rolim Adolfo Amaro State Airport - SBJD, Jundiaí, SP, and caught fire.
The aircraft was on a pre re-deliver test flight after maintenance work and the pilot reported that he lost power and altitude shortly after takeoff and he tried to return before he crashed near Escola Técnica Benedito Storani (a school for technical education), at Avenida Antônio Pincinato (street).

The pilot was killed.
Sources:
http://desastresaereosnews.blogspot.com/2012/04/aviao-de-pequeno-porte-cai-em-jundiai-e.html
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120424X54750&key=1

(video of the tragic crash)

http://desastresaereosnews.blogspot.com/2012/04/aviao-de-pequeno-porte-cai-em-jundiai-e.html (photo)


http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6777457




Revision history:

Date/time Contributor Updates
22-Apr-2012 05:22 RobertMB Added
22-Apr-2012 12:28 Geno Updated [Source]
03-May-2012 23:43 Geno Updated [Source]

 

[Inverted]

Old video, lost an engine and he appears to have VMC rolled it.

 

[AAPalmTree]

Old video, lost an engine and he appears to have VMC rolled it.

Wow. The lost engine seems to have nothing to do with the the crash though.

 

[mshunter]

Old video, lost an engine and he appears to have VMC rolled it.

Looked more like a snap roll to me. Caused by the uncoordinated flight of an engine loss. It broke pretty damn hard for a King Air.

 

[Box hauler]

Yeah, flying a short approach single engine sounds like a recipe for a bad time.

 

[Baronpilot244]

http://desastresaereosnews.blogspot.com/2012/04/aviao-de-pequeno-porte-cai-em-jundiai-e.html

There is a photo in the link that seems to have a length of cable lying around the wreckage - maybe its coincidental, but the way it snapped seems like it might have snagged a power line or something similar, although it would probably have cartwheeled that being the case.

Bp244

 

[Retired in SAN]

A far shot but as slow as he was on impact, It seems almost survivable if the tanks didn't rupture.

 

[dustoff17]

http://desastresaereosnews.blogspot.com/2012/04/aviao-de-pequeno-porte-cai-em-jundiai-e.html

There is a photo in the link that seems to have a length of cable lying around the wreckage - maybe its coincidental, but the way it snapped seems like it might have snagged a power line or something similar, although it would probably have cartwheeled that being the case.

Bp244

Interesting!! I never noticed this before.......
After reading your post, I looked at the video again. At 13 seconds you can see a spark (power line?) about 3/4" to the left of the right wing; at 16 seconds you can see another spark about 1/2" to the right of the left wing.

Might be that the wire flipped the airplane.

 

[USMCmech]

A far shot but as slow as he was on impact, It seems almost survivable if the tanks didn't rupture.

As a general rule any time a plane crashes upside down, there is very little chance of survival. This is why twins are so dangerous with an engine out.

Related rule: If you can just keep the plane right side, up many airplane crashes are survivable. Which is why "Fly The Plane" is always your first priority in any emergency.

 

[NickH]

As a general rule any time a plane crashes upside down, there is very little chance of survival. This is why twins are so dangerous with an engine out.

Related rule: If you can just keep the plane right side, up many airplane crashes are survivable. Which is why "Fly The Plane" is always your first priority in any emergency.

It's less upside down than sideways. Imagine a plane on it's side and moving forward. The wing tip hits fist and leverage accelerates the nose of the plane into the ground, where it stops. The sudden stop is the killer. Landing flat, with forward momentum, is ideal, as the speed reduction is more gradual, and the forces reduced.

 

[MaRiO FDZ]

I thought I could be assymetrical flaps, on thE King Air full and approach WILL flip you around