20181117022689A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech 95-B55 (T42A) · Tyrone, OK · November 17, 2018

Date: November 17, 2018 · 16:55 local
Place: Tyrone, OK
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N4817M
NTSB investigation: NTSBCEN19FA029
Reported as: Beech 95-B55 (T42A)
Reported engine: Continental I0-470 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 2
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,500 total

N4817MRegistration cancelled Feb 2, 2019 · Beech 95-B55 (T42A)S/N TC-2147 · Built 1978 Airframe modelBeech 95-B55 (T42A)Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The aircraft departed montrose, Colorado earlier in the day. The aircraft encountered icing conditions enroute and the pilot began working with ATC to locate a suitable location to land. Accumulation of ice caused the aircraft to lose its ability to maintain level flight and ATC provided vectors for the airport in liberal, Kansas. When ice accumulation caused the aircraft to descend below ATC radar coverage, ATC instructed the pilot to tune to the liberal ILS, which the pilot apparently did.

The aircraft struck a power line approximately 3 miles short of the liberal airport. The aircraft impacted the ground approximately 100 yards from the location of the power line strike.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MONTROSE, COLORADO EARLIER IN THE DAY. THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED ICING CONDITIONS ENROUTE AND THE PILOT BEGAN WORKING WITH ATC TO LOCATE A SUITABLE LOCATION TO LAND. ACCUMULATION OF ICE CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO LOSE ITS ABILITY TO MAINTAIN LEVEL FLIGHT AND ATC PROVIDED VECTORS FOR THE AIRPORT IN LIBERAL, KANSAS. WHEN ICE ACCUMULATION CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO DESCEND BELOW ATC RADAR COVERAGE, ATC INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO TUNE TO THE LIBERAL ILS, WHICH THE PILOT APPARENTLY DID.

THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A POWER LINE APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SHORT OF THE LIBERAL AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS FROM THE LOCATION OF THE POWER LINE STRIKE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CEN19FA029Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportLiberal, KSThe pilot's improper decision to fly in an area where moderate icing conditions were forecasted in an airplane that was not certified for such conditions, and in the effort to get out of the icing conditions, his decision to fly below the minimum descent…Nov 17, 2018 · Substantial damage