An Air South, Inc., Beechcraft B-99, N844NS, crashed near Monroe, Georgia, at approximately 2122 eastern daylight time, July 6, l969. The aircraft, operating as Air South Flight 168, was en route from Atlanta, Georgia, to Greer, South Carolina. The 12 passengers and two crewmembers received fatal injuries in the accident and the aircraft was destroyed. The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was an unwanted change in longitudinal trim which resulted in a nosedown high-speed flight condition that was beyond the physical capability of the pilots to overcome. The initiating element in the accident sequence could not be specifically determined. However, the design of the aircraft flight control system was conducive to malfunctions which, if undetected by the crew, could lead to a loss of control. (Author)
Aircraft Accident Report. Air South, Inc., Beechcraft B-99, N844NS Near Monroe, Georgia, July 6, 1969
1970
64 pages
Report
No indication
English
Beechcraft Support for the Beechcraft 99
NTIS | 1967
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