Beech F35 accident near Chester, AR
On October 21, 2004, a Beech F35 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Chester, AR. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 21, 2004
- Place
- Chester, AR
- Aircraft
- Beech F35 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.683°N, 94.250°W
- NTSB ID
- 20041027X01706
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On October 21, 2004, approximately 1400 central daylight time, a Beech F35 single-engine airplane, N3889B, piloted by a private pilot, was destroyed when it impacted hilly terrain near Chester, Arkansas. The pilot and passenger sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal cross-country flight was being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 without a flight plan. The flight to Stillwater, Oklahoma, originated at Tunica, Mississippi, approximately 1230. Approximately 0915, the pilot contacted the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Greenwood Flight Service Station (FSS) and requested a weather briefing for a visual flight rules (VFR) flight. The pilot stated he was "looking for a VFR flight," and then the FSS briefer and pilot began to laugh. The FSS briefer reported the following weather conditions to the pilot, "Stillwater right now is 100 overcast obscure ceiling ¾ of a mile mist, we do have a flight precaution for IFR your entire route of flight, it is all IFR ranging from about 300 to 600 broken to overcast, some of ah, around Ponca City indefinite 100, 1/4 mile and fog, it is just absolutely nasty out there right now, VFR is definitely not recommended...and it looks like about noon time departure should only improve to about a 1,000 overcast from, for, Memphis area, Mississippi area and this, this looks like it's going to go on until probably 3 o'clock along your route of flight, so it doesn't look any bet
Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate planning/decision which resulted in VFR flight into IMC, and his failure to maintain terrain clearance. Contributing factors were the pilot's failure to follow the briefing recommendation, fog, mist, and observation.
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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.
