Beech F33A accident near Swan Lake, MT
On August 7, 1995, a Beech F33A (airplane) was involved in an accident near Swan Lake, MT. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 7, 1995
- Place
- Swan Lake, MT
- Aircraft
- Beech F33A · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 47.739°N, 113.740°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001207X04371
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 7, 1995, at 1534 mountain daylight time, a Beech F33A, N8014R, being flown by an instrument-rated, private pilot, was destroyed when it collided with terrain during an uncontrolled descent following a loss of control while in a climb. The aircraft crashed near Swan Lake, Montana. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The aircraft was to have been operated under 14CFR91 as a personal flight, and originated from Cut Bank, Montana, approximately 1440. The meteorological conditions at the accident site were unknown, and a VFR flight plan had been filed. The pilot obtained a weather briefing prior to departing Cut Bank and had been advised that VFR flight was not recommended. A non- correlated radar target squawking 1200 with a mode "C" altitude readout was recorded by the Salt Lake Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) with the first target placing the aircraft approximately 14 nautical miles south-southeast of the Cut Bank airport climbing through 8,100 feet above mean sea level (msl) at 1448. The target tracked generally west-southwest. The last target was received at 1533:53 and was located approximately one- half mile west of the ground impact site. At 1530:53, the pilot of N8014R contacted Cedar City Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) Flight Watch and reported "I'm about seventy miles ah east of Mullan at ah I'm VFR I'm climbing ah now above the cloud layer climbing through eleven thousand four hundred and the cloud layer seems to be the tops about ten thousand through here or ten thousand five hundred and ah the ride is pretty c
Probable cause
the pilot's incapacitation due to a heart attack.
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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.
