Beechcraft 58 N1826S

Summary

On 6 December 1998 at about 15:34 local time, a Beechcraft 58 registered N1826S was involved in an accident near Newcastle, Oklahoma, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

6 December 1998 at 15:34

Classification

Accident

Location

Newcastle, Oklahoma, United States

Nearest airport

Norman/Univ. of Oklahoma (OUN)

Coordinates

35.2393, -97.5900

Aircraft

Beechcraft 58

Registration

N1826S

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Idabel → Norman

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW99FA044

1 person died.

the pilot's loss of control due to his inadvertent encounter with severe turbulence and wind shear during an instrument approach. Factors contributing to the accident were the severe turbulence and the wind shear.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The 4,550-hour pilot received two weather briefings and filed an IFR flight plan for the 152-nautical mile flight. The briefers informed the pilot of Convective SIGMETs, AIRMETS, and a Severe Thunderstorm Watch in effect along the route of flight. Approximately 19 minutes before the accident, a Boeing 737 executed a missed approach after encountering severe turbulence and wind shear during an approach to an airport 12 miles northwest of the accident airplane's destination. The pilot was informed of this encounter by air traffic control. As the flight neared its destination, the pilot was cleared for a localizer approach to runway 03. The airplane was observed on radar about one mile north of the final approach course. The pilot reported that he was not going to be able to continue the approach. When questioned by the tower about his intentions, the pilot replied, 'I am going to stay right here until I get out of some of this.' The wreckage of the twin-engine airplane was located a mile north of the final approach course, about 6 miles southwest of the landing threshold for the runway. Physical evidence and ground signatures at the initial point of impact indicated that the airplane, configured with the landing gear and flaps in the retracted position, impacted the ground on a measured magnetic heading of 342 degrees at a high speed in a nose low attitude in a slight left turn. Examination of weather data revealed that the last radar return from the airplane occurred in the vicinity of a frontal boundary, where strong wind shear and severe turbulence were present.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.