Beech V35 accident near Hydro, OK

On March 26, 2018, a Beech V35 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Hydro, OK. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

Date

March 26, 2018

Place

Hydro, OK

Aircraft

Beech V35 · Airplane

Injuries

2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Destroyed

Position

35.454°N, 98.563°W

NTSB ID

20180326X01910

Official records · ERA18FA114

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

Air traffic control records

• Flight Service Audio: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• ZFW Fort Worth Center Radar Replay and Audio: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• FAA ATC Transcript: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov

NTSB summary

HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn March 25, 2018, about 2137 central daylight time, a Beech V35A, N7019N, was destroyed when it impacted terrain near Hydro, Oklahoma. The commercial pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was owned by the pilot who was operating it as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 personal flight. Night instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the flight, which departed from Odessa Airport-Schlemeyer Field (ODO), Odessa, Texas, about 1947, and was destined for El Reno Regional Airport (RQO), El Reno, Oklahoma. The pilot and passenger departed RQO earlier in the day and arrived at ODO about 1345. A line technician at the ODO fixed-base operator (FBO) reported that the passenger left the airport shortly after the airplane arrived and the pilot remained in the terminal. The FBO technician reported that the pilot asked that weather radar and satellite information be displayed on a large monitor throughout the afternoon, as the pilot stated to him that he was "concerned with the clouds." Review of an audio recording from Leidos Flight Service in Austin, Texas, revealed that the pilot called for a weather briefing at 1806. The pilot informed the flight service specialist that he was planning a visual flight rules (VFR) flight from ODO to RQO in about 30 minutes and it would be about a 2.5-hour flight. During the 11-minute call, the flight service specialist provided the pilot with numerous weather and flight information details. The flight service specialist informed the pilot that multiple AIRMETs a

Probable cause

The pilot's decision to continue the night visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a loss of control due to spatial disorientation. Contributing was the pilot's lack of instrument/night currency, and his failure to request additional assistance from air traffic 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.