Beech G35 accident near Okolona, MS
On November 21, 2003, a Beech G35 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Okolona, MS. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 21, 2003
- Place
- Okolona, MS
- Aircraft
- Beech G35 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.982°N, 88.612°W
- NTSB ID
- 20031125X01944
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 21, 2003, about 1022 central standard time, a Beech G35, N4214D, registered to a private individual, collided with a tree then terrain of an open field near Okolona, Mississippi. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight from the Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, to the Okolona Municipal-Richard Stovall Field Airport, Okolona, Mississippi. The airplane was destroyed by impact and postcrash fire, and the commercial-rated pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. The flight originated about 0902, from Hattiesburg, Mississippi. According to the FAA "Chronological Summary of Flight", at 0916, the pilot contacted Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) and advised he had just departed from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and was requesting his IFR clearance. The controller provided a discrete transponder code, and radar identified the flight (5 miles north of the departure airport). The pilot remained in contact with that facility until 0922, at which time air traffic control (ATC) communications were transferred to the Memphis ARTCC. According to a hand printed transcription of communications with that facility, the pilot established contacted with the facility at 0922:37, and remained in contact with that facility until 0934:41, at which time ATC communications were transferred to Meridian Approach Control. No information was available from that facility but at 0947:32, the pilot re-established contact
Probable cause
The pilot's intentional low altitude maneuver and buzzing resulting in collision with trees, uncontrolled descent, and in-flight collision with terrain. A factor in the accident was the pilot's ostentatious display.
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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.
