Beechcraft BE35G N215D

Summary

On 26 May 1984 at about 15:00 local time, a Beechcraft BE35G registered N215D was involved in an accident near Wewoka, Oklahoma, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 May 1984 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Wewoka, Oklahoma, United States

Coordinates

35.1393, -96.4903

Aircraft

Beechcraft BE35G

Registration

N215D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gainesville → Tulsa

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW84FA242

1 person 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 PLT WAS NOT CURRENT IN IMC OPERATIONS NOR WAS THE ACFT CERTIFIED FOR INSTRUMENT LFT. AFTER OBTAINING A WX BRIEFING WHICH FORECAST A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG HIS ROUTE, THE PLT DEPARTED ON A X-COUNTRY. EN ROUTE THE PLT CONTACTED OKLAHOMA CITY EFAS AND WAS ADVISED OF A THUNDERSTOWM NEAR OKLAHOMA CITY. PLT STATED HE WOULD RETURN TO ARDMORE. WITNESSES SAW THE ACFT DESCENDING IN A DIVE OUT OF THE LOW CLOUD BASE. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE INDICATED THE ACFT SEPARATED IN-FLT AT A LOW ALT PRIOR TO GROUND IMPACT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.