Beech E-55 accident near Grafton, IL
On August 30, 2000, a Beech E-55 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Grafton, IL. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 30, 2000
- Place
- Grafton, IL
- Aircraft
- Beech E-55 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.971°N, 90.419°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X21661
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 30, 2000, at 0954 central daylight time, a Beech E-55 Baron, N9047V, owned and piloted by a private pilot, was destroyed during an in-flight collision with the Mississippi river near Grafton, Illinois. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 and had an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan on-file. The pilot and his single passenger were fatally injured. The flight departed St. Charles County Smartt Airport (SET), St. Charles, Missouri, at approximately 0952 and had the intended destination of Zanesville Municipal Airport (ZZV), Zanesville, Ohio. According to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Air Traffic Control (ATC) accident report, the accident airplane departed SET without an IFR clearance. After takeoff N9047V contacted St. Louis TRACON to obtain an IFR clearance to ZZV. The ATC controller instructed N9047V to make a right turn and issued a traffic advisory for opposite direction traffic, a Cessna 421B, N968J, that was inbound on the VOR 18 instrument approach to SET. The controller issued N9047V a transponder squawk code and N9047V repeated back the squawk code. No further contact with N9047V was reported. Aircraft radar track data for the period before and after the reported accident time was obtained from FAA. The aircraft radar track data was plotted using commercial software. Copies of the plots are appended to this factual report along with a copy of the source data. The accident airplane's first radar return was a pri
Probable cause
The pilot not maintaining aircraft control and altitude/clearance from the river. Factors to the accident included the pilot not obtaining an air traffic control clearance prior to departure into instrument meteorological conditions, the pilot becoming spatially disoriented, the low ceiling, and the mist.
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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.
