Beech E35 accident near Buckeye, AZ
On June 18, 2022, a Beech E35 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Buckeye, AZ. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 18, 2022
- Place
- Buckeye, AZ
- Aircraft
- Beech E35 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.432°N, 112.689°W
- NTSB ID
- 20220618105274
Official records · WPR22FA215
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn June 18, 2022, at 0655 mountain standard time, a Beech E-35, N13AR, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Buckeye, Arizona. The student pilot and flight instructor were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. A review of the automated dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) flight data revealed that the airplane departed from the Glendale Municipal Airport (GEU), Glendale, Arizona, its home base, at approximately 0625. Following a normal takeoff from runway 19, the pilot conducted maneuvers predominantly to the south before altering his course westward towards Buckeye Municipal Airport (BKX). About 20 minutes later, the airplane passed to the south of BKX, subsequently executing a right turn to adopt a northward heading. Approximately 5 miles north of BKX, the airplane initiated a descending 270° left turn, followed by a right turn as it continued on a southbound trajectory indicative of a direct approach towards runway 17 at BKX (Figure 1). The airplane executed a low approach, reaching an altitude of approximately 200 feet above ground level (AGL) before initiating a level right turn near the midpoint of runway 17. The airplane proceeded beyond a parallel runway heading toward the downwind leg and then began angling toward runway 17, maintaining an altitude of about 200 feet AGL and a speed between 63-68 knots. The last recorded ADS-B data point occurred at 0654, at which point it recorded the airplane was approximately 0.43 miles west-northwest from the thresh
Probable cause
The pilots’ failure to climb and complete a normal traffic pattern after making a low approach and their failure to extend the flaps for reasons that could not be determined, and the flight instructor’s failure to ensure adequate airspeed and bank control during the turn to final approach, which resulted in an accelerated stall.
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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.
