# Accident 19990608006609A: Cessna 340A, Phillipsburg, KS, June 8, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1999, 12:35 local time
- Place: Phillipsburg, KS
- Airport: Phillipsburg Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7510° N, 99.3205° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7510&lon=-99.3205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1372G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1372G-2013-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99FA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA177) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990608006609A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT REPORTED AN ACFT FUEL FLOW PROBLEM, THE CONTROLLER PROVIDED ARPT INFORMATION, THE PILOT OVERFLEW THE ARPT, THE CONTROLLER INFORMED THE PILOT OF THE ACFT POSITION FROM THE ARPT, THE PILOT THEN REPORTED THE ARPT IN SIGHT AND WAS ISSUED A VISUAL APPROACH, THE ACFT SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED AND WAS DESTROYED, THE 2 POB SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN.(.19)ON JUNE 8, 1999, AT 1225 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME A CESSNA 340A, N1372G, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS DESTROYED DURING A COLLISION WITH THE TERRAIN FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 13 AT THE PHILLIPSBURG MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, PHILLIPSBURG, KANSAS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED.  THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED WHEELING, ILLINOIS, EXACT TIME UNKNOWN.  WITNESSES REPORTED HEARING THE AIRPLANE'S ENGINES "SPUTTERING" AS THE AIRPLANE APPROACHED THE AIRPORT.  MANY WITNESSES REPORTED THE AIRPLANE'S WINGS WERE BANKING LEFT AND RIGHT BEFORE IT ROLLED TO THE RIGHT AND DESCENDED VERTICALLY INTO THE GROUND.  A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SAID HE   OBSERVED THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE APPROACHING THE AIRPORT AT A "...VERY SLOW GROUND SPEED..." (-23) WHILE ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO, IL TO PUEBLO, CO. ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN IN VMC CONDITIONS THE PILOT REPORTED "TRANSFER PROBLEMS" AND BEGAN A VECTORED DESCENT TO PHILLIPSBURG, KS. AIRPORT. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT NORTH OF THE AIRPORT CONFIGURED FOR LANDING AT AN APPROACH ALTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SEEN TO ROLL ABRUPTLY TO THE RIGHT PRIOR TO DESCENDING OUT OF SIGHT. A/C WRECKAGE WAS FOUND TO HAVE IMPACTED THE GROUND SLIGHTLY INVERTED AND WAS DESTROYED BY POST FLIGHT FIRE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI99FA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA177), Jun 8, 1999: Cessna 340A (N1372G), Phillipsburg, KS, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot not maintaining flying speed. Factors to the accident were the fuel transfer problem of unknown origin.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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