ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13644
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| Date: | Thursday 24 November 1977 |
| Time: | 11:05 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31T Cheyenne II |
| Owner/operator: | Kirkway Corporation |
| Registration: | N801HD |
| MSN: | 31T-7620031 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Raleigh County Memorial Airport (BKW/KBKW), WV -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Dupage Airport, IL (DPA/KDPA) |
| Raleigh County Memorial Airport, WV (BKW/KBKW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On November 24, 1977, a Piper PA-31T Cheyenne II, N801HD, was destroyed when it struck a steel reinforced concrete wall and crashed in flames near Raleigh County Memorial Airport (BKW/KBKW), Beckley, West Virginia,
The aircraft landed hard then conducted a go around. It levelled off incorrectly, ran off the runway and collided with a solid object (a steel reinforced concrete wall). All six persons on board (pilot and five passengers) were killed. According to the following excerpt from the official NTSB report into the accident:
Probable Cause:
"PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION, IMPROPER LEVEL OFF, DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND. AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH STEEL REINFORCED CONCRETE WALL."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: IAD78FA014 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=44071&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=801HD
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1977/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-cheyenne-in-beckley-6-killed/]
4. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/wv/N801HD/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Aug-2017 19:01 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 07-Sep-2017 20:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2022 17:54 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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