ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 319062
| Date: | Saturday 2 January 2021 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 200 Super King Air |
| Owner/operator: | Vagus Group, Inc. |
| Registration: | N831WP |
| MSN: | BB-569 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-41 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | White Plains-Westchester County Airport, NY (HPN) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | White Plains-Westchester County Airport, NY (HPN/KHPN) |
| New Bedford Airport, MA (EWB/KEWB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Beechcraft 200 Super King Air, registration N831WP, suffered an accident on takeoff from runway 34 at White Plains-Westchester County Airport, New York, USA.
The aircraft departed runway 34 and lost control immediatly after take off. According to the pilot, at rotation, he heard a loud bang from the right engine, felt the torque fall dramatically and the airplane began to yaw. He immediately appled left rudder and attempted to fly and as he began to lift off, the aircraft began to roll aggressivly to the right and he was unable to continue controlled flight and retarted the power, extended the gear and propellers struck the runway. The aircraft landed in the gear up position and came to a stop in the safety area after colliding into a runway exit sign and a runway hold position sign.
The runway was closed for an hour and the aircraft was subsequently removed on a flat bed truck.
Sources:
FAA
Images:
photo (c) Dirk; White Plains-Westchester County Airport, NY (HPN); 02 January 2021
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