Beechcraft 200 N417EM
23 March 1983 · High Island · No injuries
Summary
On 23 March 1983 at about 19:42 local time, a Beechcraft 200 registered N417EM was involved in an accident near High Island. 8 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 19:42
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- High Island
- Nearest airport
- Brazoria County (CBX)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft 200
- Registration
- N417EM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Executive/Corporate
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- New Orleans → Lake Jackson
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- FTW83LA165
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Probable cause
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 PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS BEING VECTORED AROUND THUNDERSTORMS WHEN SEVERE TURBULENCE WAS ENCOUNTERED. THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO PENETRATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT FOUR MILE WIDE WHEN THE TURBULENCE WAS ENCOUNTERED. THE COURSE OF PENETRATION WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE AREA OF LEAST INTENSITY BASED ON ACFT RADAR, CENTER RADAR AND PRECEDING ACFT REPORTS. THE PILOT FURTHER STATED THAT WHAT HE ENCOUNTERED WAS CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT REVEALED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft 200 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 May 1983 | Beechcraft 200 | Eagle Nest, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Jan 1983 | Beechcraft 200 | Springfield, Missouri, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Oct 1983 | Beechcraft 200 | San Francisco, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Mar 1982 | Beechcraft 200 | Bryan, Ohio, United States | Aero Corporation | No injuries | - |
| 17 Sep 1982 | Beechcraft 200 | Huntington Beac, California, United States | MR. & MRS. H. A. Braun | Fatal | 2 |
| 9 Feb 1982 | Beechcraft 200 | Birmingham, Alabama, United States | South Central Bell Telephone | No injuries | - |