# Accident 20021209035049A: Beech 1900C, Mena, AR, December 9, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2002, 10:40 local time
- Place: Mena, AR
- Airport: Intermountain Regional Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6875° N, 94.2192° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6875&lon=-94.2192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N127YV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N127YV-2003-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 1900C (registry code 1154161, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03FA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03FA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021209035049A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 9, 2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 1140 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BECH 1900C AIRPLANE, N127YV, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT SERVICES INC., OF WICHITA, KANSAS, COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY 9 MILES NORTH OF THE MENA INTERNATIONAL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MENA, ARKANSAS. THE 3 OCCUPANTS, ALL IN POSSESSION OF AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOTS CERTIFICATE, 2 OF WHICH WERE PASSENGERS, SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. A VISUAL FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. AT DEPARTURE FROM WICHITA, KS, VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED. AS THE FLIGHT PROCEEDED ON COURSE, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS DETERIORATED RESULTING IN AN ESTIMATED BROKEN CLOUD LAYER AT 6,000 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. THE FLIGHT CREW ELECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE THE BROKEN LAYER AND CONTINUE ON TO THE DESTINATION, MENA, AR. UPON ARRIVING TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE DESTINATION, THE FLIGHT CREW BEGAN A VFR DESCENT. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL INFORMED THE FLIGHT CREW THAT RADAR COVERAGE WOULD BE LOST AND ADVISED FREQUENCY CHANCE AND TRANSMIT 1200 ON THE TRANSPONDER, THE FLIGHT PERSONNEL RESPONDED. THE LAST RECORDED RADAR ALTITUDE READOUT WAS AT 2700-FT. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED RISING TERRAIN AT APPROXIMATELY 2200 FT MSL. NO AIRCRAFT DIFFICULTY WAS DISCOVERED.

## 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 FTW03FA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03FA059), Dec 9, 2002: Beech 1900C (N127YV), Eagleton, AR, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: In-flight collision with terrain due to the pilot's failure to maintain clearance and altitude above rapidly rising terrain while on a VFR approach. Contributing factors were the obscuration of the…

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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