# Accident 20180416003729A: Beech G33, Warsaw, OH, April 16, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2018, 06:30 local time
- Place: Warsaw, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4064° N, 82.0819° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4064&lon=-82.0819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9345Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9345Q-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech G33 (registry code 1151435, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH G33
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,218 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18FA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA143) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180416003729A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND IN A HEAVILY WOODED AREA ACCESSIBLE BY FOOT OR ATV ONLY.  FOUND ALL AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS WITHIN A CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE MAIN ACCIDENT AREA.  RIGHT WING WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT FROM IMPACT WITH TALL HARDWOOD TREES AND WAS FOUND AT THE BASE OF THE TREES THAT HAD BEEN STRUCK AND BROKEN OFF AT POINT OF IMPACT.  REMAINING AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE WAS FOUND TO HAVE IMPACTED AT WHAT APPEARED TO BE IN A FLAT AND LEVEL POSITION.  EMPENNAGE HAD INDICATIONS OF ?PANCAKE? TYPE IMPACT.  POST CRASH FIRE HAD CONSUMED THE ENTIRE CABIN AREA.  BOTH OCCUPENTS WERE FOUND IN THE AREA OF THE PILOT AND COPILOT SEATS.  NO FUEL OR FUEL SMELL WAS PRESENT AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE.

FIRST RESPONDERS WERE THE OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL AND LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS/EMTS.  THE STATE TROOPERS PHOTOGRAPHED THE AREA AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE PROPERTY OWNER?S WIFE SAID SHE HEARD THE INITIAL ?ENGINE NOISE AND LOUD BANG? (0630L).  WHEN THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS WALKING HIS DOG AT ABOUT 0830L HE FOUND THE AIRCRAFT AND CALLED THE SHERIFF.  STATE TROOPERS WERE NEARBY ALREADY LOOKING FOR N9345Q DUE TO LOSS OF RADAR CONTACT REPORTED FROM ATC.

THE TROOPERS FOUND AND PHOTOGRAPHED A PIECE OF ICE WITH A CONTOUR SIMILAR TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING JUST FORWARD AND OUTBOARD OF THE LEFT WING.

THE COSHOCTON COUNTY CORONER HAD THE BODIES TAKEN TO THE COSHOCTON HOSPITAL MORGUE.

## 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 CEN18FA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA143), Apr 16, 2018: Beech G33 (N9345Q), Warsaw, OH, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to continue flight in known icing conditions, which resulted in structural icing, degraded airplane performance, and a subsequent loss of control. Contributing to the accident…

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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