Beech 65-90 accident near Wichita, Kansas, June 4, 1982
On June 4, 1982 at about 10:46 pm local time, a Beech 65-90, registered N190BT, was substantially damaged in an accident near Wichita, Kansas (Colonel James Jabara airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 3 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- June 4, 1982 · about 10:46 pm local time
- Place
- Wichita, Kansas · Colonel James Jabara
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 3 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Beech 65-90 · all 65-90s on the register
- Registration
- N190BT · registry record · serial LJ-59
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE PLT DETECTED A LOSS OF ENG TORQUE AT ABOUT ROTATION AIRSPEED ABOUT 1700 FT DOWN THE RWY & THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED. THE ACFT SLID INTO A DITCH OFF THE END OF THE RWY COLLAPSING THE MAIN GEAR. A FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF THE RIGHT ENG FUEL PUMP, P/N4V146R002, SER.#JX241439D, MANUFACTURED BY SPERRY VICKERS SHOWED THAT AT HIGH PUMP SPEED FUEL FLOW WAS INTERMITTENT. DISASSEMBLY OF THE PUMP REVEALED THAT THE ROTOR DRIVE SERRATIONS ON THE MAIN ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT, P/N330205,WERE WORN TO THE POINT THAT THE ROTOR WOULD SLIP ON THE SHAFT AT HIGH PUMP SPEEDS.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 3,042 hours in all; 180 in this make and model; 169 in the last 90 days; 2,921 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: unk
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 6,254 hours
- Last inspection: inspection type not recorded; 16 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 9,000 lb
- Seats: 3
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: P&W PT-6A-6 (turboprop); 0 hours total
- Operator: Midwest Piper Flight, INC
The flight
- Departed from: 3KM Wichita KS at 5:45 pm
- Destination: 3K7 Leoti KS
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 36, 2,800 ft by 40 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 090° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: not recorded; scat at 4,000 ft
- Temperature: 154°F (68°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 2 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number MKC82FA095.