King Air on the roof

Looking back at the track posted earlier:

It does look like they were lined up with a taxiway. That airplane operator normally uses a 75’ rwy. I don’t know how they could miss seeing that 150’ wide rwy right next to that taxiway, though, yesterday afternoon was VMC. That taxiway also has a section toward the south half that’s been closed and marked for a few weeks. Could they have lined up on the taxiway, got low and slow, realized it, added power, then ended up on the hangar to their left?
 
So what's the latest on WHY or HOW it happened?

I know the wheel or wing hit the building and it did a 180 onto the roof, duh... but how did they get over there in the first place?
 
Local news has a preliminary report from Kansas Highway Patrol. I just saw the article and haven’t had a chance to track down the KHP report:

https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news...Kd3gd4hbKBhp_w


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The two people on board have been identified as a 73-year-old Lee's Summit man and a 30-year-old Arkansas woman.

The report indicates the aircraft was flying south when the left engine experienced a mechanical malfunction and became inoperable. The pilot, identified as the 73-year-old, lost control of the airplane and crash-landed on top of the hangar.
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Well, given the engine loss, he kept it right side up and sounds like they both walked away. That reads like a win to me. Guessing he came around with a goal of just putting it somewhere on the airport property, and didn't quite clear the building.
 
ArrowFlyer86 said:
I'm thinking that King Air pilot would be a good candidate for a STOL competition if he can put 'er down on the freakin' roof of that thing.
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We had a guy gear up at a Navion convention a while back and we gave him a short distance landing award.
 
After watching the rescue video, I see that the roof damage is quite extensive. This will be a seven-figure claim, between the building and the plane. I really wanna know what the heck happened (some speculation is engine-out training of some sort; I hope not.)
 
What little bit of information I've seen so far, this accident stemmed from an engine failure. Unsure if real or simulated. The ADS-B data almost looks like they lined up on the stub taxiway instead of the runway. Could this have been a single engine go-around gone wrong?

Fortunately the building broke their fall inside of a Vmc impact on the ground. One thing I've noticed in the photos, this is a steel framed hangar with large steel beams for the roof, yet the corner of that building folded in. I can't imagine the force it took to bend or break that large beam, but still didn't cause a lot of damage to the aircraft.
 
Final Report for N1UC

Although the flight instructor and pilot-receiving-instruction provided different accounts of how much fuel was present before the flight, both pilots stated that the indicated fuel level was within the yellow caution band on both fuel tank gauges before departure. According to the Beech E90 airplane flight manual, takeoffs are prohibited when the fuel tank gauge indications are within the yellow caution band (0 to 260 lbs)

NTSB Probable Cause: The flight instructor’s inadequate fuel planning that resulted in a loss of engine power to the left engine due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s inadequate supervision of the flight that resulted in diminished airplane performance during the go-around.
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Another example of the simple things tripping a pilot(s) up. Yeah I know fuel prices are up, if you can’t afford fuel, maybe just go wash & wax your plane, no flying.
 
sourdough44 said:
Another example of the simple things tripping a pilot(s) up. Yeah I know fuel prices are up, if you can’t afford fuel, maybe just go wash & wax your plane, no flying.
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James Gregory covers it in spades in this clip.



 
There are cheapskates at every level of aviation. don't be "that Guy". Airplanes fly better with "go juice" on board. sigh.
 
eman1200 said:
I’m not gonna lie…..there is a lengthy building rooftop that I have considered as an emergency landing spot if I can’t do the impossible turn. Wide open and flat. And a mooney can land and stop in like 18 feet.
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I think you meant inches...
 
From the looks of things, the structural engineer designed the roof for a C90 loading.
 
If I were a rich man
Ya ba dibba dibba dibba dibba dibba dibba dum
I would fill the tanks in my King Air
If I were a wealthy man

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So Boompa went flying on low fuel, ran out of fuel, and then crashed. Blame is on mechanical failure

Both individuals stories didn't add up. Lied to investigators and was caught that there was only enough fuel to run a chainsaw.

He needs to be grounded permanently
 
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