- Date
- June 1, 1991, 16:55 local (21:55 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeview, AR
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N324CBBeech A36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910601021049A
- Case key
- 23264
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper visual approach, and his failure to maintain an adequate visual lookout for obstructions. Factors were the unmarked power lines
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 made one pass over the private strip where it was to land and then entered what witnesses described as a modified left traffic pattern. On extended base, about 1.5 miles from the runway threshold, the airplane struck high tension lines at about 100 feet AGL. At the time of the wire strike, the pilot was flying down a river. The airplane subsequently impacted the ground vertically and an intense post-crash fire erupted shortly after impact. There were four airports within a five mile radius of the power line, and the lines were not marked. The pilot was familiar with the local area and the landing strip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N324CB
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-1104
- Airframe hours
- 2,076
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sound-Craft Systems, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 21, 1991 · 78 hours before
- Departed
- HOT · Hot Springs, AR
- Airport
- NONE · Gaston'S
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,600 total · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.