# Accident 20040217004769A: Beech B90, Dodge City, KS, February 17, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2004, 02:51 local time
- Place: Dodge City, KS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: IJAA
- Location: 37.7972° N, 100.1117° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7972&lon=-100.1117&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777KU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N777KU-2017-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B90 (registry code 1152912, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B90
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A20A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 2,964 total, 493 in this make and model, 84 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04FA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040217004769A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 02/17/04 A BEECHCRAFT KING AIR B90 WITH PILOT IN COMMAND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND TWO MEDICAL PERSONNEL DEPARTED THE WICHITA MID-CONTINENT AIRPORT (ICT) AT 0210 LOCAL TIME ON A PART 91 REPOSITIONING FLIGHT TO DODGE CITY (DDC), KS. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ICT WITHOUT INCIDENT ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN ENROUTE TO DDC. APPROXIMATELY 37 MILES EAST OF THE DDC AIRPORT, AT A FLIGHT LEVEL OF 12,000 FEET MSL, THE PILOT CONTACTED ATC AND CANCELLED THE IFR FLIGHT PLAN. APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 15 MINUTES LATER, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND 7.5 MILES WEST OF THE DDC AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT AND TWO MEDICAL PERSONNEL WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE EMPLOYING COMPANY, BALLARD AVIATION, REPORTED THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ADVISED HE WAS AVAILABLE FOR ASSIGNMENT AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 HOURS ON 2/16/03 AND DEPARTED ON HIS FIRST FLIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 1420 HOURS, 2/16/03. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COMPLETED HIS THIRD PART 135 FLIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 0102 HOURS ON 2/17/03.

## 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 CHI04FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04FA066), Feb 17, 2004: Beech B90 (N777KU), Dodge City, KS, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot failed to maintain clearance with terrain due to pilot fatigue (lack of sleep).

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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