Beech F33A accident near Conway, SC
On May 29, 2002, a Beech F33A (airplane) was involved in an accident near Conway, SC. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- May 29, 2002
- Place
- Conway, SC
- Aircraft
- Beech F33A · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.880°N, 78.925°W
- NTSB ID
- 20020603X00800
Official records · MIA02FA102
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- ATC 3 - Factual Report of Group Chairman: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC 3 - Attachment 1 - Radar Data: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC 3 - Attachment 2 - ATC Transcripts: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC 3 - Attachment 3 - AFSS Event Reconstruction including Weather Information: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC 3 - Attachment 4 - FAA DUATS and Weather Facilities Letter: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On May 29, 2002, about 1738 eastern daylight time, a Beech F33A, N858KS, registered to a private individual, was lost from radio and radar contact and crashed in a wooded area near Conway, South Carolina. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed in the area at the time of the accident and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight from the Grand Strand Airport, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, to Lincolnton County Regional Airport, Lincolnton, North Carolina. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and the private-rated pilot, the sole occupant, was fatally injured. The flight originated about 1730, from the Grand Strand Airport. According to a transcription of communications with the Raleigh, North Carolina, Automated Flight Service Station (Raleigh AFSS), a person using the accident airplane's call sign contacted the facility on the day of the accident at 1705:37, and filed an IFR flight plan for the flight. During the phone call the briefing specialist asked the pilot if he needed "...weather, notams, or winds aloft", to which the pilot replied, "nah i got it just a little bit ago." The briefing specialist then asked the pilot if he had convective sigmet 47E, to which he replied, "yeah." The briefing specialist advised the pilot, "okay [thats] ah yeah thats right near your vicinity and do you have a few clouds ah areas of precipitation there also can i get you anything else" to which the pilot replied "thats it." The phone call was ended and there was no further contact by the pilot to the
Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to request in-flight weather avoidance assistance and his poor in-flight planning/decision for flying into a Level 5 thunderstorm resulting in an in-flight loss of control, uncontrolled descent, and subsequent in-flight collision with trees and terrain.
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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.
