Beech 1900C accident near Eagleton, AR
On December 9, 2002, a Beech 1900C (airplane) was involved in an accident near Eagleton, AR. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- December 9, 2002
- Place
- Eagleton, AR
- Aircraft
- Beech 1900C · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.688°N, 94.219°W
- NTSB ID
- 20021230X05644
Official records · FTW03FA059
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- ATC Transcripts: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On December 9, 2002, approximately 1140 central daylight time (CDT), a Beech 1900C twin turboprop airplane, N127YV, registered to Raytheon Aircraft Credit Corporation of Wichita, Kansas, and operated by Raytheon Aircraft Services Inc., of Wichita, Kansas, was destroyed when it collided with terrain approximately 8 miles north of the Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport (M39), Mena, Arkansas. The airline transport pilot and 2 airline transport pilot rated passengers sustained fatal injuries. The flight originated from Mid-Continent Airport (ICT), Wichita, Kansas, at 1043, and its intended destination was Mena, Arkansas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed en route from Wichita toward Mena, and a flight plan was not filed for the Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 business flight. VFR flight following was requested by the pilot after takeoff from Wichita. The airplane had been in Mena, Arkansas, at Rose Aviation Inc., undergoing refurbishment and final preparations for a acceptance/delivery flight to its new owner. Rangeflyers Inc., of Wichita, Kansas, was contracted by Raytheon Credit Corporation to provide pilot services to Rose Aviation to facilitate delivery of the airplane to Hageland Airlines, of Anchorage, Alaska. On the morning of the accident the airplane departed Mena at 0620 with two Rangeflyers pilots; one acting as the pilot-in-command (PIC), and the other pilot who, according to Rangeflyers, was listed as a pilot rated passenger. The intent of the flight was to pick up the CEO/President of Hageland Airlines, who was the airline
Probable cause
In-flight collision with terrain due to the pilot's failure to maintain clearance and altitude above rapidly rising terrain while on a VFR approach. Contributing factors were the obscuration of the terrain due to clouds.
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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.
