Beechcraft A36TC N1835W

Summary

On 4 June 1986 at about 18:20 local time, a Beechcraft A36TC registered N1835W, operated by Joseph H. Short, was involved in an accident near Marietta, Oklahoma, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 June 1986 at 18:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Marietta, Oklahoma, United States

Coordinates

33.9299, -97.1197

Aircraft

Beechcraft A36TC

Registration

N1835W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Joseph H. Short

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Oklahoma City → Houston

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN86FA150

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 OBTAINED A WX BRIEFING AND WAS ADVISED OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ALONG HIS ROUTE OF FLT. THE PLT THEN FILED AN IFR FLT PLAN FROM WILEY POST AIRPORT, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, TO HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT, TX. THE PLT AND HIS WIFE TOOK OFF AT 1235. THE ACFT CLIMBED TO ITS ASSIGNED ALT OF 11,000 FT MSL AND PROCEEDED ROUTINELY UNTIL 1310 WHEN ARTCC TOLD THE PLT TO CONTACT FORT WORTH CENTER. THE PLT ACKNWLEDGED BUT NEVER CONTACTED THE CENTER. RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST AT 1319. WITNESSES REPORTED HEARING A LOUD EXPLOSION AND OBSERVING WRECKAGE FALLING FROM THE SKY. WITNESS OBSERVATIONS AND WX RADAR CONFIRM THERE WAS A THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF THE CRASH SITE THROUGH WHICH THE ACFT FLEW. WRECKAGE EXAMINATION REVEALED THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS FAILED NEGATIVELY AND SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT. BOTH WINGS THEN FAILED NEGATIVELY AND SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.