Beech E18S accident near Kansas City, MO

On December 9, 1994, a Beech E18S (airplane) was involved in an accident near Kansas City, MO. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

Date

December 9, 1994

Place

Kansas City, MO

Aircraft

Beech E18S · Airplane

Injuries

1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Destroyed

Position

39.271°N, 94.731°W

NTSB ID

20001206X02698

NTSB summary

On December 8, 1994, at 2038 central standard time (cst), a Beech E-18S, N5647D, operated by Cape Central Airlines, Incorporated, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and piloted by an airline transport rated pilot, was destroyed during a collision with the ground while on an ILS approach to runway 1L at the Kansas City International Airport, Kansas City, Missouri. The 14 CFR Part 135 flight was operating on an instrument flight plan. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot was hospitalized in critical condition and later succumbed to her injuries. The flight departed Sedalia, Missouri, at 1952 cst. Before departing on the accident flight the pilot obtained two weather briefings from the FAA's Automated Flight Service Station at Columbia, Missouri. Her first weather briefing, a standard IFR briefing, was at 1646 cst. During this briefing she was advised of an AIRMET calling for rime and mixed icing below 16,000 feet mean sea level for her route of flight and destination. The weather briefer provided the pilot with two PREPS concerning inflight icing at her destination airport. The terminal forecast for her destination called for light snow and fog at her estimated time of arrival. The pilot obtained an update weather briefing at 1736 cst. During this briefing she had asked for, and was given, three surface weather sequence reports for her destination airport. One was the current report and two were previous hourly reports. The briefer did not give her an updated terminal forecast for her destination. The pilot did not request an updated

Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED ON FINAL APPROACH, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL/SPIN. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE ADVERSE WEATHER (ICING) CONDITIONS, THE ACCUMULATION OF AIRFRAME/WING ICE, THE PILOT'S IMPROPER USE OF THE ANTI-ICE/DEICE EQUIPMENT, INADEQUATE TRAINING OF THE PILOT CONCERNING FLIGHT IN ICING CONDITIONS, AND INADEQUATE SURVEILLANCE OF THE OPE

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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.