ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 40265
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Date: | Friday 21 June 1991 |
Time: | 09:00 LT |
Type: | Beechcraft B55 Baron |
Owner/operator: | Cubco,inc. |
Registration: | N36743 |
MSN: | TC2335 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1182 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-470 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Irmo, SC -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Columbia, SC (KCAE) |
Destination airport: | Greer, SC (KGSP) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE FLIGHT DEPARTED THE COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA AIRPORT ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VFR. THE PILOT DID NOT REPORT ANY PROBLEMS TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL PRIOR TO THE CRASH, AND ALL RADIO CONVERSATION WITH THE PILOT WAS NORMAL. RADAR DATA SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 4000 FEET AND LEVELED OFF AT THAT ALTITUDE FOR A BRIEF PERIOD. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BEGAN A SHALLOW DESCENT AND DISAPPEARED FROM THE RADAR. THE PILOT DID NOT RESPOND TO RADIO CALLS AFTER THE DESCENT BEGAN. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA ABOUT NINE MILES FROM THE COLUMBIA AIRPORT. THE WRECKAGE WAS DISTRIBUTED OVER AN AREA ABOUT 300 FEET IN LENGTH. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF MALFUNCTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CONTROLS OR CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE PRIOR TO THE CRASH. WITNESSES REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE OF ABOUT 30 DEGREES PRIOR TO THE IMPACT. THE PILOT HAD IN EXCESS OF 2000 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME, AND HAD FLOWN AIRCRAFT PREVIOUSLY IN THE MILITARY.
Probable Cause: THE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT FOR UNDETERMINED REASON(S).
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ATL91FA116 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 7 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ATL91FA116
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
06-Jun-2023 10:57 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [[Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency]] |
11-Apr-2024 14:38 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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