- Date
- March 29, 1982, 16:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Hughes, AR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N5957KGulfstream American 690C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820329006549A
- Case key
- 71110
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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 acft had been on sales demonstration flts and was on a delivery flt from memphis, TN to dallas, TX. The plane was observed departing at 1550 CDT in a max performance climb. Radar info from mode c of the transponder returns indicated that the acft climbed from 1000 to 16,000 ft in 7 min and 14 sec. Level flt was indicated at 16,300 ft from 1558:16 to 1601:17 CDT. The last alt return was from 16,000 ft at 2201:07. Two more returns were received at 2201:49 & 2202:08, but with no altitude read-out. At about that time, the acft was observed spiraling down, counterclockwise, with a portion of the left wing missing. The wing tip (outer wing panel outboard from about wing station 190), left aileron and left engine tail cone panel were found about 3 mi from the main wreckage impact point. An examination revealed that the wing panel separation occurred upward from positive overload forces. No evidence was found of fatigue or pre-existing failure. Light to moderate turbulence was reported between 14,000 and 18,000 ft MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5957K
- Reported as
- Gulfstream American 690C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11720
- Airframe hours
- 55
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE331-5-254K, 715 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Gulfstream American
- Registered owner
- Gulfstream American
- Departed
- MEM · Memphis, TN
- Destination
- DAL · Dallas, TX
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 6,830 total · 182 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 151 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEM, 20 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.