Beechcraft B36 N6665X

Summary

On 20 March 1984 at about 01:14 local time, a Beechcraft B36 registered N6665X, operated by Memphis Jet Center, was involved in an accident near Webb City, Missouri, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 March 1984 at 01:14

Classification

Accident

Location

Webb City, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Joplin Muni (JLN)

Coordinates

37.1392, -94.4694

Aircraft

Beechcraft B36

Registration

N6665X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Memphis Jet Center

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Springfield → Joplin

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MKC84FA106

2 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

THE PLT WAS ADVISED BY SPRINGFIELD TOWER THAT ICING CONDITIONS EXISTED ALONG HIS PROPOSED ROUTE OF FLT. HOWEVER, HE ELECTED TO TAKEOFF, & ABOUT 4 MIN LATER, THE PLT ADVISED THAT HE HAD ENCOUNTERED RIME ICE. HE CONTINUED THE FLT TO JOPLIN, PICKING UP MORE ICE ALONG THE ROUTE. AT JOPLIN, THE PLT MADE AN ILS APCH TO RWY 13 WITH PLANS TO CIRCLE & LAND ON RWY 31. WITNESSES SAW THE ACFT PASS OVER THE FIELD, HEADING SOUTHEAST, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF RWY 13. A SHORT TIME LATER, THE ACFT CRASHED WHILE THE PLT WAS MAKING A CIRCLING APCH. IMPACT OCCURRED IN A LEFT WING LOW, NOSE LOW ATTITUDE. ANOTHER PLT WHO LANDED A FEW MIN BEFORE THE ACCIDENT REPORTED THAT HIS WINDSHIELD WAS 3/4 OBSCURED WITH MIXED ICE & THE WINGS OF HIS ACFT HAD ACCUMULATED 1/4 INCH OF CLEAR ICE ON THE LEADING EDGES. HE SAID THE ICE ACCUMULATED IN 6 TO 10 MIN IN THE PRECIP AREA.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.