Beechcraft 58 N6657R

Summary

On 21 September 1983 at about 19:00 local time, a Beechcraft 58 registered N6657R, operated by Catskill Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident near Arkville, New York, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 September 1983 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Arkville, New York, United States

Coordinates

42.1395, -74.6199

Aircraft

Beechcraft 58

Registration

N6657R

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Catskill Airways, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Atlantic City → Oneonta

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC83FA253

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

PRIOR TO TAKING OFF, THE PLT ADVISED COMPANY PERSONNEL THAT HE PLANNED TO FLY VFR-ON-TOP AT 8500 FT MSL. HE PLANNED TO DEPART AT 1400 EDT, BUT DID NOT SPECIFY HIS ROUTE OF FLT. WHEN THE ACFT DID NOT ARRIVE, A SEARCH WAS INITIATED, IT WAS FOUND WHERE IT HAD CRASHED NEAR THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 3760 FT. AN EXAM OF THE CRASH SIDE REVEALED THE ACFT HAD IMPACTED IN LEVEL FLT. NO EVIDENCE OF A PREIMPACT/MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OF FAILURE WAS FOUND. A FOREST RANGER IN THE VICINITY AT APRX THE SAME ALTITUDE SAID THE VISIBILITY WAS ABOUT 100 FT IN FOG & RAIN WAS FALLING. OTHER PERSONS IN THE AREA SAID THE MOUNTAINS WERE OBSCURED, THE SKY WAS OVERCAST, HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING & THE WIND WAS STRONG.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.