# NTSB CEN10FA130: Beech C24R, N63713, Bristow, OK, February 28, 2010 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report - Date: February 28, 2010, 14:03 local (20:03 UTC) - Place: Bristow, OK - Coordinates: 35.809722, -96.423614 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8097&lon=-96.4236&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: Fatal - Injuries: 2 fatal - Status: Completed, report April 12, 2011 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA Flight Standards District Office - NTSB case key (mKey): 75421 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN10FA130 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75421/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75421 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA130 ## Probable cause The pilot’s loss of control for undetermined reasons while maneuvering at low altitude. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Not determined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000): Not determined › Not determined · Unknown/Not determined (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech C24R, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md?model=1151254), [All aircraft, 2,247 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech C24R, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md?model=1151254), [All aircraft, 1,269 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech C24R, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=1151254), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) - [Post-impact: Fire/smoke (post-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/170); cases with it: [Beech C24R, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/170/sequence.md?model=1151254), [All aircraft, 354 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/170/sequence.md) ## Analysis A witness, located about 1 mile from the accident site, observed the airplane circle the airport from south to north. He then saw it maneuvering at a low altitude between two hangars and heard a loud "pop" followed by the sound of the engine sputtering. The airplane collided with the power lines running alongside the service road next to the airport and impacted the ground. A postimpact fire ensued. The airport’s north-south runway was not level and dipped in several places. The investigation could not determine if either pilot had ever flown into this particular airport. An examination of the airplane's systems revealed no preimpact anomalies. ## Factual narrative HISTORY OF FLIGHT On February 28, 2010, at 1403 Central Standard Time, a Hawker Beechcraft C24R Sierra, N63713, registered to and operated by Double A-C, LLC, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was destroyed when it struck a power line and impacted terrain across the street from Jones Municipal Airport (3F7), Bristow, Oklahoma. Visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 without a flight plan. The pilot and pilot-rated passenger on board the airplane were fatally injured. The local flight originated at Richard Lloyd Jones, Jr., Airport (RVS), Jenks, Oklahoma. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the pilot received a weather briefing but he did not file a flight plan, nor was one required. The airplane took off at 1348. The only known witness, located about 1 mile from the accident site, said he saw the airplane circle Jones Municipal Airport from south to north. When he saw it again, it was flying at a low altitude between two hangars. He heard a loud "pop" and heard the engine sputter. The airplane collided with the power lines running alongside the service road next to the airport and impacted the ground. A post-impact fire ensued. PERSONNEL (CREW) INFORMATION The 38-year-old pilot-in-command held a private pilot certificate, dated March 14, 2003, with an airplane single-engine land rating. He also held a third class airman medical certificate, dated February 1, 2008, with no limitations or restrictions. The 37-year-old pilot-rated passenger held a private pilot certificate, dated September 20, 2004, with an airplane single-engine land rating. He also held a third class airman medical certificate, dated February 24, 2007, with no limitations or restrictions. Both pilots’ families were contacted and asked to attempt to locate their flight logbooks. They were unsuccessful. According to FAA records, when the pilot made application for his medical certificate, he estimated he had accrued 310 total flight hours. When the pilot-rated passenger made application for his medical certificate, he estimated he had accrued 300 total flight hours. It is unknown whether either pilot had ever flown into Jones Memorial Airport. AIRCRAFT INFORMATION N63713 (s.n. MC-777), a model C24R, was manufactured by the Beech Aircraft Corporation in 1982. It was a 4-place, low-wing monoplane, equipped with wing flaps and a retractable landing gear. It had an FAA standard airworthiness certificate in the normal category. It was powered by a Lycoming IO-360-A1B6 engine (s.n. L-22998-51A), rated at 200 horsepower, driving a Hartzell 2-blade, all-metal, constant-speed propeller (m.n. HC-M2YR-1BY) with F7666A blades. Its maximum certificated gross weight was 2,750 pounds. Total fuel capacity is 59.8 gallons. According to copies of the maintenance records made available by Aircraft Inspection and Repair, LLC, (AIR), the last annualinspection was performed on May 27, 2009, at a tachometer time of 2928.45 hours. The airplane was certified for IFR (instrument flight rules) on August 5, 2009, and the ELT (emergency locator transmitter) battery was replaced on July 13, 2009. METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION The following Aviation Routine Weather Reports (METAR) were recorded at 1353 at the Richard Lloyd Jones, Jr., Airport (RVS), Jenks, Oklahoma, located 30 miles northeast of the accident site: Wind, 090 degrees at 7 knots; visibility, 10 s.m.; sky condition, clear; temperature, 11 degrees Celsius (C.); dew point, -4 degrees C.; altimeter setting, 30.05 inches of Mercury. AERODROME INFORMATION Jones Memorial Airport (3F7), located 3 miles southwest of Bristow, is situated at an elevation of 851 feet above mean sea level (msl), at geographical coordinates 35 degrees, 48.41 North latitude, and 096 degrees, 25.31’ West longitude. It is served by one asphalt runway, 17-35, 3,400 feet long and 45 feet wide. The airport’s narrow north-south runway was not level and dipped in several places. The service road was west of, and ran parallel to, the runway. The power lines ran along the east side the road. WRECKAGE AND IMPACT INFORMATION The wreckage was located in a field west of and adjacent to Jones Memorial Airport, at coordinates 35 degrees, 48.591’ north latitude, and 096 degrees, 25.407’ west longitude. The elevation was 800 feet msl. A ground scar, containing green lens fragments and approximately the length of a wing, terminated at a large depression that contained engine components. The cockpit was located 22 feet from this crater, and the separated propeller and inverted left wing were located 48 feet from the crater. The wreckage path was aligned on a magnetic heading of 320 degrees. Control cable continuity was established. According to the Beech technical representative, stabilator trim was 5 degrees tab down (nose up). The flap jackscrew revealed 13 threads, or 25 degrees down. Full flaps are 35 degrees down, and will expose 10 threads. The landing gear was down and locked. Both door latch bayonets were extended. Because the cockpit was destroyed by fire, the fuel selector was never located. Two sets of seatbelt buckles were found; both were fastened. The shoulder harnesses were not located. Both fuel caps were secured. The wreckage was re-examined by NTSB and FAA inspectors and Beech Aircraft and Textron-Lycoming investigators. The examination took place at the facilities of Air Salvage of Dallas (ASOD) on March 31, 2010. The propeller blades, left and right main and nose landing gear assemblies, and the left wing bore no evidence of a wire strike. MEDICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL INFORMATION Autopsies on both pilots were performed by the Oklahoma Criminal Laboratory in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Toxicology screens on the first pilot were conducted by FAA’s Civil Aeromedical Institute (CAMI) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. TESTS AND RESEARCH According to a Western Claims insurance adjuster whohandled the damage claim for the Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OG&E) Company, there were five lines mounted on the power poles: 3 were conductor (service) or phase lines; a neutral line (below the conductors), and a street lamp conductor (below the neutral line). The conductors were #4 ACSR (aluminum conductor steel reinforced), carrying 14,400 to 24,000 volts, and two of them had to be spliced. One power pole had to be replaced, and the cross arms on two other poles had to be replaced. The poles are 35 feet in length (top to ground level), and the wires droop to about 25 feet above the ground at mid span. The three power poles were 287 and 290 feet apart, respectively. Jones Municipal Airport’s runway 35 was examined. The first half of the runway is relatively flat; the second half of the runway drops off. The threshold is at an elevation of 851 feet msl. The runway then slopes down to about 840 feet msl at the 500-foot mark. From the 500-foot mark to about the 1,900-foot mark, the runway is level (about 840 feet msl). From the 1,850-foot mark to the end of the runway, the elevation slopes downward to an elevation of 803 feet msl. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N63713](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63713-2014-12-02), registration cancelled 2014-12-02, S/N MC-777, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH C24R - Registry model: [Beech C24R](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c24r) (registry code 1151254) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming AEIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (registry code 41522, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: MC-777 - Airframe hours: 2928 - Engines: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6 200 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Destroyed - Fire: On-Ground - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Double A-C, LLC - Registered owner: Double A-C, LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, May 27, 2009 - Departed: RVS, Jenks, OK - Destination: RVS, Jenks, OK - Airport: 3F7, Jones Memorial, runway 35, 3,400 × 45 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 38; injuries: fatal; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 310 total - Pilot; age 37; injuries: fatal; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: right; toxicology performed; flight hours: 300 total ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 80° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 25 °F - Altimeter: 30.02 inHg - Observed at: RVS ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20100228028219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100228028219A), Feb 28, 2010: Beech C24R, Bristow, OK, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Aircraft departed rvs airport in jenks ok at approx 1345(l). At approx 1415(l) aircraft contacted power lines to the west of rwy 35 at Jones Memorial Airport… ## Docket (16 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 2, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75421. 6.6 MB in all. - Route of Flight (item 1, .PDF, 272 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40327981&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Route%20of%20Flight-Master.PDF - Jones Memorial Airport and Accident Site (item 2, .PDF, 199 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40327980&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Jones%20Memorial%20Airport%20and%20Accident%20Site-Master.PDF - Overview of Accident Site (item 3, .PDF, 314 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40327991&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Overview%20of%20Accident%20Site-Master.PDF - Close-up Overview of Accident Site (item 4, .PDF, 160 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40327992&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Close-up%20Overview%20of%20Accident%20Site-Master.PDF - Weather Reports and Records (item 5, .PDF, 24 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40326523&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Weather%20Reports%20and%20Records-Master.PDF - Toxicology Report, Arthur A. Couch (item 6, .PDF, 142 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40333726&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Toxicology%20Report,%20Arthur%20A.%20Couch-Master.PDF - Statement of Party Representatives to NTSB Investigation (item 7, .PDF, 54 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40336197&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Statement%20of%20Party%20Representatives%20to%20NTSB%20Investigation-Redacted.PDF - NTSB Form 6120.15, Release of Aircraft Wreckage (item 8, .PDF, 42 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40336702&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=NTSB%20Form%206120.15,%20Release%20of%20Aircraft%20Wreckage-Redacted.PDF - Photo 1. State Police photo showing damage to one of three power poles. (item 9, .PDF, 403 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40328061&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201.%20State%20Police%20photo%20showing%20damage%20to%20one%20of%20three%20power%20poles.-Master.PDF - Photo 2. State Police photo showing airplane on fire shortly after the accident. (item 10, .PDF, 1.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40328062&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%202.%20State%20Police%20photo%20showing%20airplane%20on%20fire%20shortly%20after%20the%20accident.-Master.PDF - Photo 3. Ground scars and crater. (item 11, .PDF, 791 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40328063&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%203.%20Ground%20scars%20and%20crater.-Master.PDF - Photo 4. The empennage. (item 12, .PDF, 669 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40328064&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%204.%20The%20empennage.-Master.PDF - Photo 5. Southeast view of the wreckage. Airport hangars and C-47 can be seen in background. (item 13, .PDF, 588 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40328065&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%205.%20Southeast%20view%20of%20the%20wreckage.%20Airport%20hangars%20and%20C-47%20can%20be%20seen%20in%20background.-Master.PDF - Photo 6. West view of the wreckage. (item 14, .PDF, 703 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40328066&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%206.%20West%20view%20of%20the%20wreckage.-Master.PDF - Photo 7. Northeast view of the wreckage. (item 15, .PDF, 604 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40328067&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%207.%20Northeast%20view%20of%20the%20wreckage.-Master.PDF - Photo 8. North view of the wreckage. (item 16, .PDF, 657 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40328068&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%208.%20North%20view%20of%20the%20wreckage.-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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