Beech 24R accident near Wauseon, OH
On May 11, 2003, a Beech 24R (airplane) was involved in an accident near Wauseon, OH. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- May 11, 2003
- Place
- Wauseon, OH
- Aircraft
- Beech 24R · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 41.602°N, 84.117°W
- NTSB ID
- 20030528X00738
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On May 11, 2003, at 1510 eastern daylight time, a Beech 24R, N4347W, was substantially damaged while attempting to land at Fulton County Airport (USE), Wauseon, Ohio. The certificated airline transport pilot and the two passengers were fatally injured. No flight plan was filed for the flight that originated at Oakland-Troy Airport (7D2), Troy, Michigan, about 1415. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. On May 9, 2003, the pilot, along with his wife and daughter, flew from Minnesota to Troy to attend a wedding the following day. According to the general manager of a fixed base operator at Oakland-Troy Airport, on the day of the accident, the pilot arrived with his family shortly before 1330, and requested that the airplane be filled with fuel. While the airplane was being fueled, the pilot asked if anyone had flown that day, and if so, did they talk about the weather conditions. The general manager replied that due to the "very, very windy" weather conditions, few people had flown that day, except for a Mitsubishi MU-2. He did not think the pilot would fly that day based on the wind conditions, which he estimated to be from the west-southwest about 40 miles per hour. After paying for the fuel, the pilot went to the terminal building to use the WeatherData Inc., computer. Approximately 30-40 minutes later, he returned to the FBO, and prepared the airplane for flight. A witness, a certificated pilot who reported over 1,000 hours of flight time, said he was at his parents house, about 3 miles east of
Probable cause
The pilots failure to maintain control during the approach-to-landing. Factors were the high wind gusts and turbulence, and the pilot's decision to fly in those conditions.
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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.
