- Date
- August 5, 1992, 14:02 local (19:02 UTC)
- Place
- Camden, AR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8193BBeech A36
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920805029079A
- Case key
- 18158
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Probable cause
An inflight breakup of the aircraft when the pilot flew into a level three thunderstorm.
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
During an IFR cross country flight in a new aircraft, the pilot deviated for weather and flew into a thunderstorm which contained moderate to severe or greater turbulence. The aircraft broke up in flight and descended to the ground scattering over a two mile area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8193B
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-2671
- Airframe hours
- 39
- Engine
- Continental IO-550-C6, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Davis, Charles R.
- Registered owner
- Davis, Charles R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- TUL · Tulsa, OK
- Destination
- JAN · Jackson, MS
- 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 1 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ELD, 30 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.