Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan crash, Feb 27, 1999 (2 killed), T...
Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan accident on February 27, 1999 near Tampa-Peter O’Knight, Florida, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: Pilot's failure to...
- Date: February 27, 1999
- Aircraft: Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan
- Location: Tampa-Peter O’Knight, Florida, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Pilot's failure to maintain control, resulting in an inadvertent stall at too low an altitude to allow recovery (NTSB). No airframe, engine or propeller discrepancies were found.
A privately flown Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan took off from Tampa's Peter O'Knight Airport bound for Lakeland. Shortly after departure it banked steeply at low altitude, descended rapidly and struck a road and a power pole before bursting into flames. Both occupants were killed.