ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 320271
| Date: | Tuesday 30 June 2015 |
| Time: | 08:00 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft C99 Commuter |
| Owner/operator: | Ameriflight |
| Registration: | N6199D |
| MSN: | U-169 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 31957 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PT6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Salt Lake City International Airport, UT (SLC) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Salt Lake City International Airport, UT (SLC/KSLC) |
| Ely Airport, MN (LYU/KELO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Beechcraft C-99, N6199D, aborted takeoff at the Salt Lake City International Airport, Utah after experiencing a flight control malfunction shortly after liftoff. The two commercial pilots were uninjured and the airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing.
The pilots reported that after a normal start and taxi the airplane was cleared to takeoff from runway 16L. The airplane rolled down the runway and the pilot in command rotated the airplane about 100 knots. Immediately, the airplane yawed to the right and the right rudder pedal was at the floor. The copilot did not note anything abnormal with the engines and instruments. Both pilots applied pressure to the left rudder pedal, however, the pedal barely moved. The PIC then manipulated the rudder trim, however, that also did not reduce the right yaw. He jockeyed the throttles and attempted to land the airplane back onto the runway. The airplane touched down onto the left side of the runway and the airplane remained difficult to control; the left landing gear collapsed and the airplane slid to a stop on its left wing.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The airplane's unmanageable right yaw during takeoff for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the rudder and rudder assembly did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) NTSB; Salt Lake City International Airport, UT (SLC); 30 June 2015; (publicdomain)
photo (c) NTSB; Salt Lake City International Airport, UT (SLC); 30 June 2015; (publicdomain)
photo (c) NTSB; Salt Lake City International Airport, UT (SLC); 30 June 2015; (publicdomain)
photo (c) NTSB; Salt Lake City International Airport, UT (SLC); 30 June 2015; (publicdomain)
photo (c) Dave Birkley; Salt Lake City International Airport, UT (SLC); 01 July 2015
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