Cessna 340A accident near Phillipsburg, KS
On June 8, 1999, a Cessna 340A (airplane) was involved in an accident near Phillipsburg, KS. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 8, 1999
- Place
- Phillipsburg, KS
- Aircraft
- Cessna 340A · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.751°N, 99.320°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X18928
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 8, 1999, about 1235 central daylight time (all times herein are central daylight time unless otherwise specified), a Cessna 340A, N1372G, piloted by a private pilot, was destroyed during a collision with the terrain while on a visual final approach for landing on runway 13 at the Phillipsburg Municipal Airport (PHG), Phillipsburg, Kansas. The pilot and one passenger were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating on an IFR flight plan. The flight departed Wheeling, Illinois, about 0912. The evening before the accident, at 2040, the pilot of N1372G called the Kankakee Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) preflight one position via telephone and requested an outlook weather briefing for an I-F-R flight from the Chicago Palwaukee Municipal Airport (PWK) to the Pueblo Memorial Airport (PUB) leaving around 1400Z. The specialist then provided the pilot with an outlook weather briefing. The pilot then stated he would call again the next morning. At 0700 on the morning of the accident, the pilot of N1372G called the Kankakee AFSS preflight five position via telephone and requested a weather briefing for an IFR flight from PWK to PUB airport leaving around 1400Z. The specialist provided the pilot with a standard weather briefing. The pilot then stated that he was ready to file an IFR flight plan, which was received and filed by the specialist. 0907 - N1372G requested IFR clearance to Pueblo, CO. Ground control issued the clearance and received a readback. 0912
Probable cause
the pilot not maintaining flying speed. Factors to the accident were the fuel transfer problem of unknown origin.
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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.
