Beech A36 accident near Jackson Hole, WY
On March 12, 2001, a Beech A36 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Jackson Hole, WY. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- March 12, 2001
- Place
- Jackson Hole, WY
- Aircraft
- Beech A36 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 43.386°N, 110.528°W
- NTSB ID
- 20010321X00618
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On March 12, 2001, approximately 1215 mountain standard time (mst), a Beech A36 single-engine airplane, N1080A, was destroyed upon impact with terrain while in cruise flight near Pinnacle Peak, 16 miles southeast of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The airplane was registered to Litz Aviation and operated by the pilot. The private pilot and his three passengers received fatal injuries. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the accident site and no flight plan was filed for this cross-country flight operating under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The personal flight originated from Garden City, Kansas, at 0900 central standard time (cst), with a destination of Jackson Hole. The pilot obtained flight following services during the flight from Garden City to Jackson Hole. At 1029:19 mst (unless noted, all times are mst based on the 24-hour clock), the pilot reported to Salt Lake Air Route Traffic Control Center (SLC ARTCC) that the flight was level at 12,500 feet. At 1126:43, the SLC ARTCC controller made the following comment to the Jackson Hole controller: "And, uh, I'll pass this one, this guy's visual flight rules (VFR), and he said, supposedly going to Jackson. I don't know how he's gonna do that if those other guys shoot the ILS, but, maybe he'll change his plan.......he's VFR for now I should say." At 1127:16, the controller asked the pilot, "November one zero eight zero alpha, do you have the current Jackson weather?" The pilot responded, "Uh, no I don't. I was just fixing to get it, uh, eight zero alpha." The controller replied, "November ei
Probable cause
the pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions which resulted in an inflight collision with terrain during cruise flight. Factors were the pilot's inadequate preflight planning in that he failed to familiarize himself with the terrain conditions, the mountain obscuration due to clouds, and the pilot's lack of instrument flight time.
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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.
