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| Date: | Friday 28 June 2019 |
| Time: | 17:15 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 58 Baron |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4614S |
| MSN: | TH-684 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3591 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Hiawatha Municipal Airport (K87), Hiawatha, KS -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Augusta Municipal Airport, KS (3AU) |
| Hiawatha Municipal Airport, KS (K87) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was on a cross-country flight in a twin-engine airplane. A witness, located at the destination airport, reported that the accident airplane approached the airport from the south and then headed northeast, as if to enter the airport traffic pattern. He added that the airplane appeared to climb and then started a left turn. After starting the turn, the airplane flipped inverted, the nose dropped, and the airplane disappeared from view behind terrain.
Examination of the wreckage site, located about 1 mile northeast of the airport, revealed that the airplane had impacted terrain on its bottom fuselage, and came to rest upright. A post-crash fire consumed a majority of the cabin and the inboard sections of the wings. The wreckage was confined to one area and all major components were accounted for on site.
Though the examination was limited by thermal and impact damage, no pre-impact abnormalities were observed during the airframe or engines examinations that would have precluded normal operations.
A review of the pilot's autopsy and medical history did not identify any evidence of an incapacitating event. The airplane's roll to an inverted attitude is consistent with an inflight loss of control event. The ground scars and damage to the airplane are consistent with a probable attempted recovery from the loss of control; however, the reason for the loss of control could not be determined based on the available information.
Probable Cause: The pilot's loss of control for undetermined reasons.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=99727
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=4614S
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Images:
Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jun-2019 00:23 | Geno | Added |
| 29-Jun-2019 03:14 | Geno | Updated [Date, ] |
| 29-Jun-2019 03:19 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Jun-2019 04:55 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, ] |
| 29-Jun-2019 10:10 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 29-Jun-2019 10:29 | RobertMB | Updated [Phase, Nature, Source, ] |
| 04-Jul-2019 05:43 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport, ] |
| 01-Sep-2020 16:54 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 01-Sep-2020 18:45 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo, Accident report, ] |
| 30-Dec-2024 09:27 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, ] |
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