Beech P35 accident near Chadron, NE
On October 6, 2015, a Beech P35 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Chadron, NE. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 6, 2015
- Place
- Chadron, NE
- Aircraft
- Beech P35 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 42.688°N, 103.072°W
- NTSB ID
- 20151006X15935
Official records · CEN16FA005
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Air Traffic Control Communications Summary: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- NTSB Summary of Air Traffic Control Services: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn October 6, 2015, about 1125 mountain daylight time, a Beech P35 (Bonanza) single-engine airplane, N877DM, collided with trees and terrain during cruise flight near Chadron, Nebraska. The airline transport pilot was fatally injured, and the airplane was destroyed. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 as a personal flight with an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan on file. Day instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prevailed at the accident site. The cross-country flight departed Chadron Municipal Airport (CDR), Chadron, Nebraska, at 1121, and was destined for Alliance Municipal Airport (AIA), Alliance, Nebraska. According to available flight plan information, on the morning of the accident the pilot filed two flight plans using a direct user access terminal service. The first flight plan was for an IFR flight from North Platte Regional Airport, North Platte, Nebraska, to CDR. The second IFR flight plan was for the accident flight between CDR and AIA. The pilot filed for a direct routing from CDR to BOOKY (a IFR reporting point), then direct to JIVAM (an initial approach fix to AIA), and a cruise altitude of 7,000 ft mean sea level (msl). A fixed-base operator (FBO) employee at CDR reported seeing the airplane arrive on the ramp about 1050. The pilot and passenger subsequently entered the main lobby briefly to use the restroom. The pilot did not use the FBO's weather system before he exited the lobby to the ramp. The FBO employee then observed the pilot walk
Probable cause
The pilot's continued visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into rising terrain during cruise flight.
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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.
