[Dead Dog]

Hey, this looks on the surface to be a Vmc incident. However it doesn't all add up.

What you said is true for some light piston twins, but a turbo prop has much better power loading. Being that the weather was cold, and in NC, they didn't have a density altitude problem. I'm not an expert on the Beech 1900, but I question wether or not a Vmc issue is really present. Most modern twins have a Vmc below Vs (especially clean). Not to mention how rare it is to lose a turbo prop due to a mechanical.

I would guess either a suicide, medical incapacitation of the pilot, control failure(? freaking rare, but they have been rigged wrong/opposite), structural failure or the dreaded T word.

[agincourt1415]

News article said the aircraft hit the ground Inverted.

It's a mystery. VMC comes to mind, but yeah a Turbo Failure could be a problem or perhaps a Runaway Prop.

Now a Prop reversal would cause a real problem.

Whatever it was, a sudden, unexpected, something, happened at the worst possible time.

[MindBender26]

This A/C is a bitch in roll and yaw with one shut down! Slow, heavy, a fat, relatively close coupled A/C with all power on one wing, and no warning! VMC training and checkrides are one thing. First flight of the day with no warning is another.

Look at the suplemental rudders off the horizontal stab. it needs to meet stability guidelines!

Could have been a aft-loaded CG problem, but most probably a VMC problem.