Beech C24R accident near Sylva, NC
On August 26, 2009, a Beech C24R (airplane) was involved in an accident near Sylva, NC. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 26, 2009
- Place
- Sylva, NC
- Aircraft
- Beech C24R · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.317°N, 83.210°W
- NTSB ID
- 20090826X61501
Official records · ERA09LA483
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 26, 2009, about 1400 eastern daylight time, Beech C24R, N770DL, was destroyed when it impacted trees and terrain near Jackson County Airport (24A), Sylva, North Carolina. The certificated private pilot and the pilot-rated passenger were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the flight, which departed from Creve Coeur Airport (1H0), St. Louis, Missouri, about 1020. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. According to flight service station records, the pilot requested an abbreviated weather briefing and filed an IFR flight plan about 0945. He advised the briefer that the flight would be conducted at 9,000 feet, would be 3 hours in duration, and that the airplane had 5.5 hours of fuel onboard. A driver was scheduled to pick up the accident pilot and the passenger at 24A around 1300. As the driver waited for them to arrive, he heard the accident pilot announce his arrival over the airport common traffic advisory frequency. The driver then observed as the airplane made an approach directly down runway 33, but did not land. The airplane then went around and approached the runway a second time. He watched the airplane touch down on the runway, and then disappear from his view. He expected to see the airplane return toward the ramp area, but it did not. A short time later, the driver was advised by local authorities that the airplane had crashed. A police officer who was waiting at the airport for another aircra
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed during an aborted landing, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
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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.
