- Date
- December 18, 1987, 00:30 local (06:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wedron, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3702KBeech 58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871218072129A
- Case key
- 13926
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane struck trees and descended uncontrolled into a river while attempting a night forced landing after running out of fuel during a cargo flight. The airplane was found under water on the fifth day of a search conducted by the cap after two boys found debris from the airplane on the river bank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3702K
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH-1188
- Airframe hours
- 1,260
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-CB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Husted-Mccaslin Air Charter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1987 · 92 hours before
- Departed
- MKC · Kansas City, MO
- Destination
- MDW · Chicago, IL
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 9,400 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.