# Accident 20020914024819A: Pilats PC1245, West Phalia, MO, September 14, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2002, 15:55 local time
- Place: West Phalia, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3722° N, 92.0297° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3722&lon=-92.0297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N451ES, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N451ES-2012-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pilatus PC-12/45 (registry code 7090551, https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-12-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67B (registry code 52158, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATS PC1245
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,645 total, 58 in this make and model, 136 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02FA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02FA284) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020914024819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N451ES, WAS DESTROYED DURING A COLLISION WITH THE TERRAIN NEAR WESPHALIA, MO. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AT THE CRASH SITE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. N451ES WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM LAKE OZARK, MO. (AIZ), TO SOUTH BEND REGIONAL AIRPORT, INDIANA (SBN). N451ES WAS IN RADIO AND RADAR CONTACT WITH FAA KANSAS CITY AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER (ARTCC) WAS CLEARED TO CLIMB AND DIRECTED TO TURN RIGHT TWENTY DEGREES. N451ES ACKNOWLEDGED AND RADAR VERIFIES A RIGHT TURN THAT CONTINUED TO APPROXIMATELY FORTY-FIVE DEGREES RIGHT. N451ES AT THIS POINT WAS APPROXIMATELY 13700 FEET IN ALTITUDE, IN THE TURN, THEN WAS LOST FROM RADAR AND RADIO CONTACT. EYEWITNESS APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE FROM THE CRASH SITE OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT IN A STRAIGHT, TAIL UP, NOSE DOWN POSITION. THE CRASH SITE IS .107NM FROM THE LAST RADAR RETURN. PILOT AND PASSENGER DID NOT SURVIVE. (-23 AMENDMENT) N451ES WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM LAKE OZARK, MO (AIZ), TO SOUTH BEND REGIONAL AIRPORT, INDIANA (SBN). N451ES WAS IN RADIO CONTACT WITH FAA KANSAS CITY AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER (ARTCC) WAS CLEARED TO CLIMB AND DIRECTED TO TURN RIGHT TWENTY DEGREES. N451ES ACKNOWLEDGED AND        RADAR VERIFIES A RIGHT HAND TURN THAT CONTINUED TO APPROXIMATELY FORTY-FIVE DEGREES RIGHT. N451ES AT THIS POINT WAS APPROXIMATELY 13,700 FEET IN ALTITUDE, IN THE TURN, THEN WAS LOST FROM RADAR AND RADIO CONTACT. EYEWITNESS APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE FROM THE CRASH SITE OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT IN A STRAIGHT, TAIL UP, NOSE DOWN POSITION. PILOT AND PASSENGER DID NOT SURVIVE.

## 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 CHI02FA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02FA284), Sep 14, 2002: Pilatus PC-12/45 (N451ES), Westphalia, MO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's spatial disorientation while turning in a cruise climb in instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the pilot's loss of aircraft control, and his failure to recover from a…

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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