Beechcraft B200 N859DD

Summary

On 23 June 1987 at about 11:19 local time, a Beechcraft B200 registered N859DD, operated by Barry D. Tidwell, was involved in an accident near Jasper, Alabama, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 June 1987 at 11:19

Classification

Accident

Location

Jasper, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Walker Co Bevill (L02)

Coordinates

33.8192, -87.2906

Aircraft

Beechcraft B200

Registration

N859DD

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Barry D. Tidwell

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Birmingham → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

ATL87LA182

Nobody was 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 OBTAINED A WEATHER BRIEFING FOR HIS PROPOSED FLT FROM BIRMINGHAM, AL TO JASPER, AL TO ALLENTOWN, PA. HE DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN FOR THE 35 MILE FLT FROM BIRMINGHAM TO JASPER, HOWEVER, HE DID FILE A FLIGHT PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED FLT FM JASPER TO ALLENTOWN. HE STATED THAT HE 'FELT LIKE HE GOT A LITTLE SLOW AND THE TAIL STALLED' DURING HIS VFR LDG APCH AT JASPER. THE ACFT CONTACTED THE GROUND AT THE EAST END OF THE EAST-WEST RWY ON A NORTHERLY TRACK. THE ACFT CONTINUED ON THE NORTHERLY TRACK FOR 288 FT BEFORE COLLIDING WITH TREES. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED BY THE POST CRASH FIRE. WITNESSES REPORTED FOG IN THE AREA AND THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE HAD ENCOUNTERED PATCHES OF FOG ON THE FLT FROM BIRMINGHAM.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.