ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206581
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| Date: | Thursday 22 February 2018 |
| Time: | 21:08 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 58 Baron |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N678DD |
| MSN: | TH-70 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6369 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-550-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | north of Ulysses, KS (ULS/KULS) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ulysses, KS (ULS) |
| Scott City, KS (TQK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The instrument-rated private pilot and one passenger departed on a personal flight in the pilot's multi-engine airplane in night visual meteorological conditions. A witness saw the lights of the accident airplane about 2 minutes after it departed. Within several seconds, the lights "fell quickly like a shooting star," followed by an orange flash of fire as the airplane impacted terrain. There was no radar or radio communications information associated with the airplane.
The wreckage was severely fragmented, and the evidence at the accident site was consistent with a high-energy impact in a left-wing-low, nose-down attitude. Examination revealed no evidence of any pre-impact mechanical deficiencies with the airplane or engines. Autopsy and toxicology testing of the pilot revealed no evidence of physiological impairment or incapacitation.
Probable Cause: An inflight loss of control and collision with terrain for reasons that could not be determined.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=678DD
https://flightaware.com/photos/view/257181-0d6e86f555a0466495b85a9d7402c26fad7cfddc/aircrafttype/BE58
Location
Media:
This is what’s left after a plane crashed in Grant County Thursday night. Two men from Scott City died. KHP says both men were flying from Ulysses to Scott City when something went wrong. FAA is coming from Chicago to investigate what happened. More at @KWCH12 pic.twitter.com/vNb1YT0gcw
— Jennifer Herrera (@KWCHJennifer) 23 février 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Feb-2018 12:48 | gerard57 | Added |
| 23-Feb-2018 12:49 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 23-Feb-2018 15:47 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Feb-2018 19:43 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 23-Feb-2018 20:04 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 19-Apr-2020 07:04 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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