ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 264973
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| Date: | Friday 2 July 2021 |
| Time: | 02:25 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 35-33 Debonair |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N302Z |
| MSN: | CD-201 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-470 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Roff, OK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ardmore Municipal Airport, OK (ADM/KADM) |
| Ada Airport, OK (ADT/KADH) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On July 2, 2021, about 0225 central daylight time, a Beech 35-33 airplane, N302Z, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Roff, Oklahoma. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
The pilot was conducting a personal flight at night in low-visibility conditions. According to automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data, during the initial portion of the flight, the airplane’s altitude was generally between 1,000 and 2,000 ft before the airplane climbed to 3,000 ft. About 4.5 minutes before the accident, the airplane entered a gradual descent to an altitude between about 1,400 and 1,500 ft and continued to fly at that altitude (200 to 300 ft above ground level) for about the next 2 minutes. The airplane then entered a left turn that became increasingly tighter. During this turn, the airplane climbed to about 1,600 ft before descending.
The last ADS-B return showed that the airplane was about 0.2 miles west of the last radar return, about 280 ft above ground level, and along a track of about 190°. Postaccident examination revealed no evidence of a pre-existing mechanical malfunction or failure that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane.
The pilot was not instrument rated. The available evidence for this accident did not indicate whether the pilot received weather information for the route of flight. The pilot likely anticipated visual meteorological conditions given that, shortly before takeoff, he informed his wife that the airplane would be in those conditions along the entire route.
The low-visibility night conditions were conducive to the development of spatial disorientation. Although ADS-B data showed that the airplane was flying close to terrain during the final portion of the flight, the airplane was maneuvering over an area without much cultural lighting (such as the illumination from the reflection of lighting in a metropolitan area). Without such lighting, the pilot would not have had reliable visual references for maintaining attitude control. The spiral flightpath was consistent with the pilot experiencing the known effects of spatial disorientation. Also, the wreckage distribution and extensive airplane fragmentation were consistent with a high-energy impact resulting from the effects of spatial disorientation.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control due to spatial disorientation during low-level nighttime flight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.theadanews.com/two-killed-in-early-morning-plane-crash-near-roff/article_75319318-db4e-11eb-b8ad-1fb37f8b807a.html
NTSB
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N302Z
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=302Z
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a328ff&lat=34.570&lon=-96.826&zoom=12.0&showTrace=2021-07-02&leg=4
https://www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/000/545/545442.jpg (photo)
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NTSB is investigating the July 2, 2021, crash of a Beech 35-33 near Roff, Oklahoma. An NTSB investigator is expected to arrive on scene Saturday.
— NTSB_Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) July 2, 2021
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jul-2021 13:54 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 02-Jul-2021 15:20 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2021 15:40 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2021 15:40 | RobertMB | Updated [[Time, Aircraft type, Source, Narrative]] |
| 02-Jul-2021 17:26 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 03-Jul-2021 06:15 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Jul-2021 11:46 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Jul-2021 15:05 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Destination airport] |
| 04-Jul-2021 06:11 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2021 06:11 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2021 07:44 | Anon. | Updated [Time] |
| 22-Jul-2021 19:52 | aaronwk | Updated [Time, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
| 08-Jun-2023 21:55 | Captain Adam | Updated [[Time, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category]] |
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