Beechcraft G18S N74FA
22 February 1986 · Copperhill, Tennessee, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 22 February 1986 at about 12:30 local time, a Beechcraft G18S registered N74FA, operated by K Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident near Copperhill, Tennessee, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 12:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Copperhill, Tennessee, United States
- Nearest airport
- Martin Campbell (1A3)
- Coordinates
- 34.9907, -84.3695
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft G18S
- Registration
- N74FA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- K Airways, Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Milwaukee → Atlanta
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Dawn
- NTSB number
- ATL86MA080
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 PLT WAS ALERTED AT 0100 FOR 0200 FLT FM KENOSHA TO MILWAUKEE, WI TO PICK UP CARGO FOR A FLT TO ATLANTA, GA. AT 0310,THE ACFT DEPTD MILWAUKEE IN VFR. EN ROUTE, THE PLT OBTAINED WX & AN IFR CLNC. SOME OF HIS RDO XMSNS WERE NOT STANDARD. AT 0433, HE COMPLIED WITH ATC REQUEST FOR FREQ CHG, BUT HIS RDO XMSNS WERE NOT CLEAR. APRX 5 MIN LATER, ATC ASKED THE PLT TO CHG FREQ AGAIN, BUT 5 CALLS WERE MADE BFR HE REPLIED. HIS LAST XMSN WAS AT 0445:48; HE DIDN'T RESPOND TO FURTHER ATC CALLS. THE ACFT CONTD CRUISING AT 11,000' UNTIL 0621, THEN IT DSCNDD W/O CLNC. RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST AT 0627 CST (0727 EST). SHORTLY THEREAFTER, IT IMPACTED TREES ON A MTN, THEN CRASHED TO THE GND & BURNED. A WITNESS BELIEVED THE ENGS WERE THROTTLED BACK BFR IMPACT. ALSO, THE WITNESS RPRTD LOW CLDS & FOG, BUT SAID THE MTN WAS VISIBLE & WAS NOT OBSCURED. THE PLT HAD A 0.158% BAC, NO SLEEP FOR 21.5 HRS, HISTORY OF ALCOHOL ABUSE, 7 PRIOR DWI CONVICTIONS (& NDR REC). ALSO, HE FALSIFIED FAA MEDICAL APPLICATIONS. FAA WAS ADVISED IN 1984, BUT TOOK NO ACTION.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft G18S accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Feb 1986 | Beechcraft G18S | Janesville, Wisconsin, United States | Richard J. Wixom | Serious injuries | - |
| 25 Mar 1986 | Beechcraft G18S | Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Aug 1985 | Beechcraft G18S | Newark, New Jersey, United States | Executive Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 29 Dec 1985 | Beechcraft G18S | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | Viking Express | No injuries | - |
| 2 Nov 1984 | Beechcraft G18S | Laconia, New Hampshire, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 2 Feb 1983 | Beechcraft G18S | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States | Air Taxi, Inc. | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 1986 | Piper PA-32R-300 | Nashville, Tennessee, United States | Emert Mobile Homes | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Oct 1986 | Bell 206B III | Nashville, Tennessee, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 21 Mar 1986 | Piper PA-14 | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | Thomas Day Oates | No injuries | - |
| 3 Dec 1986 | Bell 206L-1 | Jamestown, Tennessee, United States | Customaire, Inc. | Fatal | 4 |
| 20 Oct 1986 | Cessna R172K | Rockwood, Tennessee, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 9 Jan 1986 | Boeing 727-232 | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |