20190413002749A

On April 13, 2019 about 1514 CDT, a Rockwell/sabreliner airplane (NA-265-65), FAA registration N265DS, impacted terrain near New Albany, Mississippi. The two commercial pilots and one passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed by the impact. The airplane was registered to classic aviation, inc. and was operated as a 14 code of federal regulations part 91 personal flight. Instrument meteorological conditions were reported at the accident site and along the route of flight about the time of the accident, and the flight was operated on an instrument flight rules flight plan. The flight originated from university-oxford airport (uox), Mississippi, at 1506 and was destined for marion county-rankin fite airport (hab), hamilton, Alabama.

According to recordings of ATC communications, at 1501 the flight requested a clearance from ATC to depart uox and proceed to hab. ATC provided a clearance. The next communication occurred at 1506 when the flight reported climbing through 1,300 ft. ATC notified the flight of moderate to severe precipitation in the area of uox and provided a clearance to 11K ft MSL. At 1508 ATC queried the flight for their altitude and informed the flight of moderate to heavy precipitation along their route of flight. The flight acknowledged the radio call and informed ATC they were climbing through 9K ft for 11K ft. about 1512 ATC queried the flight if they were having navigation issues or if they were deviating. The flight responded they were deviating and that they were having "ac voltage problems." The last radio call received from the flight was an acknowledgement of a heading assignment to 095 at 1513. The airplane disappeared from radar about 30 seconds later and the ATC controller tried unsuccessfully to raise the flight on the radio at that time.

Preliminary radar data began tracking the airplane at 1506. The airplane transponder stopped transmitting mode 3A information about 1508, so no altitude information was available for the remainder of the flight. The airplane maintained an approximate heading of 080 from 1506 until about 1510. At 1510 the airplane turned right to about 120 heading. At 1512 the airplane made a left turn to about 040 heading. At 1513 the airplane began a right turn that continued to a heading of about 270 until radar contact was lost at 1513:26. The final radar return was about .5 miles southeast of the accident location.

The airplane impacted terrain in a heavily wooded and rural area on an approximate heading of 005. Broken trees indicated the airplane attitude at impact was about 50 of right bank and 20 to 30NOSE low. The resulting debris field indicated a high speed (over 400 knots) impact as the wreckage was highly fragmented and spread over an area about 800 ft wide and 1,500 ft long. A cockpit voice recorder was recovered and sent to the NTSB recorder's laboratory for examination.

The aircraft (N265DS) was manufactured in 1980 and was issued a standard airworthiness certificate on 10-22-80. The last airframe inspection was accomplished on 11-30-2018. At the time the airframe had accumulated 10,802.1 hours total time.

The pilot in command held a commercial pilot certificate with airplane multi-engine, airplane single-engine, airplane single-engine (sea), instrument airplane ratings. The PIC also held a sabreliner (N-265) type rating. The PIC conducted the initial type check and 14 CFR 61.58 proficiency check in the mishap aircraft on 06/08/2018. The second in command held a commercial pilot certificate with airplane multi-engine, airplane single-engine, and instrument airplane ratings. Both pilots held a second class medical dated 09/29/2018. There was no information on the either pilots flight review (61.56), recent flight experience (61.57).