- Date
- October 23, 1973
- Place
- De Queen, AR · DE QUEEN, AR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N333CSBeech 65-90
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731023033519A
- Case key
- 188180
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3348 73/10/23 DE QUEEN,ARK BEECH 65-90 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N333CS PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC AGE 56, 18350 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SEVIER COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DE QUEEN,ARK LITTLE ROCK,ARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: DOORS,DOOR FRAMES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. DOOR/PANEL OPEN PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- PAX LOCKED DOOR PLT DID NOT CK.DOOR OPENED AND SEPARATED FROM FRAME ACFT PITCHED VIOLENTLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N333CS
- Reported as
- Beech 65-90
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sevier County
N333CSRegistration cancelled Jul 14, 2004 · Beech 65-90Airframe modelBeech 65-90Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.