Beechcraft A-36 N7244S

Summary

On 15 April 1985 at about 20:30 local time, a Beechcraft A-36 registered N7244S was involved in an accident near Gray Summit, Missouri, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 April 1985 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Gray Summit, Missouri, United States

Coordinates

38.4905, -90.8390

Aircraft

Beechcraft A-36

Registration

N7244S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

St. Clair → St. Louis

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC85FA084

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

AFTER DEPARTING THE ST. CLAIR AIRPORT ESTABLISHING A NORMAL CLIMB TO THE DESTINATION AIRPORT 24 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST, THE ACFT WAS TRACKED BY RADAR FOR A FOUR MINUTE PERIOD. THE SHORT PERIOD OF COVERAGE SHOWED A NORMAL CLIMB TOLEVEL FLIGHT. THE RADAR IMAGE WAS LOST AT A TOWN APPROXIMATELY 8.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. THE ACFT WAS FOUND IMPACTED THROUGH A SMALL PENINSULA SHAPED AREA OF FORESTATION. THIS AREA WAS BOUNDED BY A RATHER LARGE AREA OF OPEN SLIGHTLY ROLLING, BUT LEVEL TERRAIN. NO MECHANICAL ABNORMALITY WAS DISCOVERED DURING THE POST-CRASH INVESTIGATION. THE PLT WAS MEDICALLY DOCUMENTED AS HAVING WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME WITH DOCUMENTED ARRHYTHMIAS. THIS CONDITION CAN HAVE PERIODS OF LOSS CONCIOUSNESS. THE PLT WAS TAKING NO MEDICATION FOR THIS CONDITION. THE AREA BOUNDING CRASH SITE WAS OF SUFFICIENT LENGHT AND WIDTH TO ACCOMODATE THIS ACFT FOR A LANDING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.