Cessna 205 accident near De Queen, AR
On July 28, 2001, a Cessna 205 (airplane) was involved in an accident near De Queen, AR. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 28, 2001
- Place
- De Queen, AR
- Aircraft
- Cessna 205 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.977°N, 94.241°W
- NTSB ID
- 20010801X01573
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On July 28, 2001, at 1145 central daylight time, a Cessna 205 single-engine airplane, N8324Z, impacted terrain during an uncontrolled descent near De Queen, Arkansas. The airplane was destroyed by impact and fire damage. The airplane was registered to Skywagon Aviation LLC, of Piedmont, Oklahoma, and was operated by the pilot. The non-instrument rated private pilot and his three passengers sustained fatal injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the 14 Code Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The cross country flight originated from the Sundance Airpark Airport, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 1000, and was destined for Eldorado, Arkansas. At 0700:24, the pilot of the accident airplane contacted the McAlester Automated Flight Service Station (MLC AFSS) and requested a weather briefing for a visual flight rules (VFR) flight from Oklahoma City to Jackson, Mississippi. The briefer advised the pilot of an Airmet for instrument flight rules (IFR) weather conditions along the route of flight, valid until 0900. The briefer informed the pilot that the forecast indicated scattered clouds between three and five thousand feet, occasionally scattered to broken clouds between eight and ten thousand feet, and a 30% chance of thunderstorms and rain shower activity after 1300. The pilot requested and received the winds aloft for the three thousand and six thousand foot levels. The pilot then stated that if he departed at ten o'clock he "should be able to make it." The briefer then informed the pilot of possible "lingering
Probable cause
the pilot's VFR flight into IMC, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a loss of aircraft control. A contributing factor to the accident was the pilot's lack of total 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.
