Beechcraft V-35B N24198

Summary

On 18 December 1985 at about 23:30 local time, a Beechcraft V-35B registered N24198, operated by William Hart, was involved in an accident near Wibaux, Montana, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 December 1985 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Wibaux, Montana, United States

Coordinates

47.0106, -104.3204

Aircraft

Beechcraft V-35B

Registration

N24198

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

William Hart

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Beech → Billings

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

DEN86LA050

1 person was seriously injured.

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 STATED THAT LIGHT SNOW WAS FALLING AT THE ARPT AT THE TIME OF DEPARTURE. THE PAX STATED AFTER THE ACCIDENT THAT THE PLT ENCOUNTERED CLOUDS AT THEIR CRUISE ALT OF ABOUT 6000 FT. HE CONTINUED TO STATE THAT THE ACFT MADE A SHALLOW DESCENT AT FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH THE CLOUDS BUT BECAME VERY STEEP SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE DESCENT. THE ACFT BROKE OUT OF THE CLOUDS AND IMPACTED THE SNOW COVERED FIELD AT A HIGH RATE OF DESCENT AND AIRSPEED. THE PLT DID NOT PERFORM A PREFLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE ACFT, HE DID NOT DEICE THE ACFT PRIOR TO DEPARTURE AND HE DOES NOT HOLD AN INSTRUMENT RATING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.