Beech 55 accident near Liberal, KS
On November 17, 2018, a Beech 55 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Liberal, KS. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- November 17, 2018
- Place
- Liberal, KS
- Aircraft
- Beech 55 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 37.023°N, 100.923°W
- NTSB ID
- 20181118X65853
Official records · CEN19FA029
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- ATC Summary: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn November 17, 2018, at 1657 central standard time, a Beech 95-B55 airplane, N4817M, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Liberal, Kansas. The private pilot and the passenger received fatal injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The flight departed from Montrose Regional Airport (MTJ), Montrose, Colorado, about 1350 and was destined for Dodge City Regional Airport (DDC), Dodge City, Kansas, at a cruise altitude of 15,000 ft. According to air traffic control (ATC) communications, about 1637, while the flight was en route to DDC on a southeast heading and at an altitude of about 6,000 ft, the pilot reported that the airplane picked up "a fair amount" of moderate rime ice, and the controller instructed the pilot to descend to and maintain 5,100 ft.; the pilot acknowledged the instruction. Two minutes later the controller instructed the pilot to fly a heading of 090°; the pilot acknowledged the instruction. About 1642, the pilot contacted ATC and stated that the airplane was accumulating too much ice and that he wanted to climb the airplane to about 8,000 ft to dissipate the accreted ice. The controller instructed the pilot to climb to and maintain 8,000 ft, which the pilot acknowledged. The controller then asked if the ice accumulation was moderate or severe, to which the pilot responded, "yes"; the pilot also stated that the airplane was "not able to climb." About 1642, the controller asked if the pilot could turn toward Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport (LBL), c
Probable cause
The pilot's improper decision to fly in an area where moderate icing conditions were forecasted in an airplane that was not certified for such conditions, and in the effort to get out of the icing conditions, his decision to fly below the minimum descent altitude for the localizer approach to the diversion airport resulting in the airplane impacting a power line and terrain. Contributing was the p
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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.
