Hawker-Beechcraft E-55 accident near De Queen, AR
On April 15, 2011, a Hawker-Beechcraft E-55 (airplane) was involved in an accident near De Queen, AR. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- April 15, 2011
- Place
- De Queen, AR
- Aircraft
- Hawker-Beechcraft E-55 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 34.047°N, 94.399°W
- NTSB ID
- 20110415X10912
Official records · CEN11FA285
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 15, 2011, about 0830 central daylight time, a Hawker-Beechcraft E-55 airplane, N3959W, impacted terrain shortly after departure from the J Lynn Helms Sevier County Airport (DEQ), De Queen, Arkansas. The private pilot, sole occupant, was fatally injured. The airplane was substantially damaged during the accident. The aircraft was registered to Rose Resources Oil & Gas, Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma, and operated by a private individual under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which operated without a flight plan. Reportedly, the flight originated the day before from the pilot’s home airport near Lafayette, Louisiana, and was destined for Tulsa, Oklahoma. En route to his destination, the pilot spent the night at DEQ to allow thunderstorms to move east of his route of flight. The pilot was continuing his flight after the storms and rain passed when the accident occurred. The airplane departed DEQ, runway 26. A witness reported when the airplane was an estimated 300 to 500 feet in the air, the engines sounded like they were cutting out. The witness added that it appeared the airplane was trying to make a 180-degree turn back to the runway, that the airplane was at a high pitch angle and looked like it stalled and spun into the ground. Another witness, who saw the airplane through trees, reported the airplane climbing at a high pitch angle from the runway and it “sounded like the engines weren’t getting enough gas.” PERSONNEL INFORMATION The pilot held a priv
Probable cause
The pilot’s loss of control during takeoff for undetermined reasons.
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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.
