Beechcraft A36TC N3863U

Summary

On 24 March 1983 at about 16:20 local time, a Beechcraft A36TC registered N3863U was involved in an accident near Sedona, Arizona, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 March 1983 at 16:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Sedona, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Sedona (SEZ)

Coordinates

34.9402, -111.9408

Aircraft

Beechcraft A36TC

Registration

N3863U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lake Havasu → Albuquerque

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83FA166

3 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

DURING PREFLT BRIEFINGS, THE PLT WAS BRIEFED TO EXPECT DETERIORATING WX CONDITIONS WITH ASSOCIATED FLT PRECAUTIONS FOR MOUNTAIN OBSCUREMENT, ICING & MODERATE TURBULENCE. THE WX BRIEFINGS WERE COMPLETE, EXCEPT DUE TO AN INOPERATIVE CIRCUIT, THE 0654 PRESCOTT & THE 0530 TO 0851 FLAGSTAFF OBSERVATIONS WERE NOT TRANSMITTED. WHILE ENROUTE, THE ACFT CRASHED INTO THE EASTERN FACE OF A MOUNTAIN, APPRX 9 MINORTHWEST OF THE SEDONA ARPT AT APRX 6000 FT MSL. THE ARPT MANAGER AT SEDONA ESTIMATED A 500 FT OVERCAST, VISIBILITY 5 MI WITH INTERMITTENT RAIN & SNOW SHOWERS. THE SEDONA ARPT WAS 1300 FT BELOW THE ACCIDENT SITE. ACCORDING TO AN NTSB WX STUDY, THE CLOUD BASES WERE AT 5000 TO 6000 FT MSL, CLOUD TOPS AT 11,000 FT, HIGHER CLOUD LAYERS ABOVE, FLT VISIBILITY 0 MI IN CLOUDS, MODERATE TURBULENCE BELOW 10,000 FT, SNOW & RAIN, FREEZING LEVEL 7000 FT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.