- Date
- September 11, 1988, 21:57 local (Sep 12, 1988, 03:57 UTC)
- Place
- Jackson, WY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1283Beech 200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880911038249A
- Case key
- 17385
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt and his two pax had just arrived at the Jackson hole airport (jax) approximately 30 minutes prior to the accident. The plt dropped off his pax and stepped into operations for a short break. He then returned to the acft by himself for a return flt to California. It was a very dark night with a 2000 ft overcast and no visible horizon. The plt had departed redding, CA at 1357 hours and had been on continous flt duty from that time until the time of the accident. A witness stated the plt seemed to be tired and hungry. The acft was observed making a normal night takeoff. Witnesses stated that as the acft turned from crosswind to downwind it appeared that the plt had trouble controlling the acft. After the acft made a few extreme up and down maneuvers, it appeared to proceed to the east. The next time the acft was observed, it was again climbing and descending rapidly and subsequently impacted the ground in a vertical dive.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1283
- Reported as
- Beech 200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BB90
- Airframe hours
- 5,677
- Engine
- P&W PT-6A-41, 850 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Snowy Butte Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 23, 1988 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- JAC · Jackson, WY
- Destination
- RDD · Redding, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,400 total · 62 in this make and model · 4,150 as pilot in command · 262 in the last 90 days · 99 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAC, 2 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.