Beech 58 accident near Ulysses, KS
On February 23, 2018, a Beech 58 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Ulysses, KS. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- February 23, 2018
- Place
- Ulysses, KS
- Aircraft
- Beech 58 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 37.653°N, 101.371°W
- NTSB ID
- 20180223X04505
Official records · CEN18FA108
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn February 22, 2018, at 2108 central standard time, a Beech 58 airplane, N678DD, was destroyed when it impacted terrain shortly after departure from Ulysses Airport (ULS), Ulysses, Kansas. The private pilot and the passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was privately owned and was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed in the area, and no flight plan was filed for the flight, which was destined for Scott City Municipal Airport (TQK), Scott City, Kansas. According to the pilot's family, the pilot and passenger departed TQK earlier that day destined for ULS. Airport security cameras at ULS indicated that the accident airplane arrived around 1759. The airplane subsequently departed the ramp at 2058. The airplane could be seen airborne over the runway departing toward the south at 2106. TQK was located about 57 nautical miles north-northeast of ULS. A witness stated that she was driving north on highway 25, just passed Shorter's on the west, about 2107. She saw two red lights and what appeared to be a blue light in the sky. The lights appeared to be west of the highway, slightly above the electrical lines by 25-30 feet. Shortly after first seeing the lights, they "fell quickly like a shooting star," and then she saw an orange flash of fire. She reached for her cell phone and dialed 911, it was 2108 on her phone's call log. The airplane impacted a harvested alfalfa field about 5 miles north of ULS. There was no radar information associated with the airplane, and the pilo
Probable cause
An inflight loss of control and collision with terrain for reasons that could not be determined.
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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.
