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NTSB Identification: SEA08FA042
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Monday, December 10, 2007 in Salmon, ID
Aircraft: Beech 200, registration: N925TT
Injuries: 2 Fatal, 2 Uninjured. This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. On December 10, 2007, at 0752 mountain standard time, a Beech King Air 200, N925TT, collided with a hangar while attempting to return to Lemhi County Airport, Salmon, Idaho, immediately after takeoff. The commercial pilot and one passenger received fatal injuries, and two other passengers were uninjured. The aircraft, which was owned and operated by QB Corporation, of Salmon, Idaho, was destroyed by the impact and the post-crash fire. The pilot of the 14 CFR Part 91 corporate/executive flight, which was departing for Boise, Idaho, in a snowstorm of varying intensity, had been instructed to maintain Visual Meteorological Conditions (VFR) until he was able to contact Air Traffic Control (ATC) to open his previously-filed Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight plan. There was no report of an ELT activation.
According to the two surviving passengers, the aircraft entered a series of step banks immediately after liftoff, and seemed to be unable to climb. Although the aircraft was shaking and shuddering, the pilot was eventually able to make a left turn and maneuver the aircraft to a downwind leg on the west side of the airport. Once on the downwind, the aircraft reportedly became stabilized in a wings-level position. When the pilot initiated another left turn in order to bring the aircraft around to alignment for a final approach to a landing, the aircraft immediately began to shake and shudder. Although the pilot appeared to push the throttles full forward soon after initiating the turn, the aircraft began to sink at an excessive rate, and continued to do so until it struck a hangar approximately 1,300 feet southwest of the approach end of runway 35.
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