Beechcraft 58 N9121S

Summary

On 27 December 1983 at about 19:30 local time, a Beechcraft 58 registered N9121S, operated by Charles F. McCool, Frey Ass.inc, was involved in an accident near Marquez, New Mexico, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 December 1983 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Marquez, New Mexico, United States

Coordinates

35.1493, -107.8302

Aircraft

Beechcraft 58

Registration

N9121S

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Charles F. McCool, Frey Ass.inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Pueblo, → Prescott

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW84FA104

4 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT WAS FLOWN AT ALTITUDES UP TO 15000 FT IN AREAS OF FORECAST ICING. THE ACFT WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH OXYGEN. THE ACFT WAS FLOWN ABOVE 14000 FT FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES AFTER WHICH IT DESCENDED INTO ICING CONDITIONS. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE ACFT MADE A CLIMB UNDER ATC DIRECTIONS AND THEN RADAR SHOWED IT MAKING A RAPID DESCENT. THE PLT HAD TOLD THE CONTROLLER THAT THE ACFT HAD PICKED UP ABOUT 1/2 INCH OF RIME ICE. RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST SHORTLY AFTER A READOUT AT 10400 FT. FURTHER ATTEMPTS AT COMMUNICATIONS FAILED. LATER, THE ACFT WAS FOUND WHERE IT HAD CRASHED IN A STEEP, VERTICALLY BANKED DIVE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. RIME ICE WAS FOUND IN THE SNOW NEXT TO THE ELEVATOR COUNTERWEIGHT. THE ELEVATOR TRIM WAS FOUND TRIMMED TO A NOSE-UP POSITION. THE ACFT WAS EQUIPPED WITH DEICING/ANTI-ICING EQUIPMENT & AN AUTOPILOT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.