Beech B60 accident near Gatlinburg, TN
On February 11, 1995, a Beech B60 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Gatlinburg, TN. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- February 11, 1995
- Place
- Gatlinburg, TN
- Aircraft
- Beech B60 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.720°N, 83.490°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001207X02922
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On February 11, 1995, at 1327 eastern standard time, a Beech B60, N6749S, collided with mountainous terrain at the 3500 foot level of Cove Mountain, seven miles west of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The personal flight operated under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91, with no flight plan filed. Instrument weather conditions prevailed at the time and location of the accident site. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post-impact fire; the commercial-rated pilot was fatally injured in the accident. The flight departed Knoxville, Tennessee, at 1314 hours. At 1303, the pilot of N6749S radioed Knoxville clearance delivery, and requested a Visual Flight Rules,(VFR), clearance to Gatlinburg at 3500 feet. The pilot was issued a clearance as requested. After takeoff, radar coverage was provided until the flight was four miles southwest of Gatlinburg. AT 1324, the pilot of N6749S radioed Knoxville Approach Control and requested the ILS approach to Knoxville. Within two minutes of the initial radio call to approach control, the pilot requested immediate vectors. The controller radioed that the airplane was in radar contact, twenty miles southeast of Knoxville. The controller requested the flight's altitude, but there was no response from the pilot. The approach controller issued vector information, and instructed the pilot to maintain visual weather conditions. At 1326:30, radar and radio contact were lost with N6749S. A hiker in the vicinity of the accident site recalled hearing an airplane overhead. He stated that the sound of the aircraft engines continued un
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S CONTINUED VISUAL FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT RESULTED IN A COLLISION WITH RISING TERRAIN.
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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.
