Beech 35 B33 accident near El Dorado, AR

On August 23, 2015, a Beech 35 B33 (airplane) was involved in an accident near El Dorado, AR. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

Date

August 23, 2015

Place

El Dorado, AR

Aircraft

Beech 35 B33 · Airplane

Injuries

1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Destroyed

Position

33.221°N, 92.813°W

NTSB ID

20150823X51533

Official records · CEN15FA374

• Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation

Air traffic control records

• Summaries of ATC Communications: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov

NTSB summary

HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 23, 2015, about 1151 central daylight time, a Beech model 35-B33 airplane, N9704Y, was destroyed when it impacted trees and terrain while approaching to land on runway 31 at the South Arkansas Regional Airport (ELD), near El Dorado, Arkansas. The private pilot was fatally injured. The aircraft was registered to and operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed during the landing approach and the flight was operated on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan. The flight originated from the Florence Regional Airport (FLO), near Florence, South Carolina about 0609. The intended destination was the Memorial Field Airport (HOT), Hot Springs, Arkansas.The route of flight that the pilot had filed with his IFR flight plan was from FLO to the Colliers VORTAC (IRQ), Colliers, South Carolina, to the Atlanta VORTAC (ATL), Atlanta, Georgia, to the Talladega VOR/DME (TDG), Talladega, Alabama, to the Vulcan VORTAC (VUZ), Birmingham, Alabama, to the Bigbee VORTAC (IGB), Columbus, Mississippi, to the Sidon VORTAC (SQS), Sidon, Mississippi, to the Greenville VOR/DME (GLH), Greenville, Mississippi, to the Bunns intersection (BUNNS), near Carthage, Arkansas, to HOT. The calculated distance from FLO to HOT using the intended route of flight was 689 nautical miles (nm). Radar flight track data indicated that the airplane departed FLO about 0609 and proceeded on a heading of about 250 degrees, and climbed to 8,000 feet above mean sea level. At this time, the air

Probable cause

The loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined during postaccident examination of the accident site or based on the available information and the pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane's critical angle-of-attack after the engine power loss, which led to an aerodynamic stall and loss of control.

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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.