Baltimore - Winchester

On July 19, 1989 at 07:17 AM, Baltimore - Winchester experienced a crash involving Beechcraft E18, operated by Centre Airlines, with the event recorded near Baltimore Maryland.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 200.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 1.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after departing from runway 15L at the Baltimore-Washington Intl Airport, the pilot transmitted that he had an emergency consisting of a fire under his side panel. He reported he was going to circle and land. According to witnesses, flames and smoke were in the cockpit area. The aircraft started a gradual descent during a left turn. Subsequently, it crashed into a house. An examination of the wreckage did not reveal the origin of the fire; however, a CB radio was found with evidence that it may have been wired to the aircraft electrical system. The owners stated that the CB was not installed in the aircraft prior to the pilot's use of the plane on that flight. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N138JR, MSN BA-41, year of manufacture 1955.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.2909°, -76.6108°.