Beechcraft 200 N1283

Summary

On 12 September 1988 at about 03:57 local time, a Beechcraft 200 registered N1283 was involved in an accident near Jackson, Wyoming, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 September 1988 at 03:57

Classification

Accident

Location

Jackson, Wyoming, United States

Coordinates

43.4707, -110.7609

Aircraft

Beechcraft 200

Registration

N1283

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Jackson → Redding

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

DEN88FA202

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

THE PLT AND HIS TWO PAX HAD JUST ARRIVED AT THE JACKSON HOLE AIRPORT (JAX) APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE PLT DROPPED OFF HIS PAX AND STEPPED INTO OPERATIONS FOR A SHORT BREAK. HE THEN RETURNED TO THE ACFT BY HIMSELF FOR A RETURN FLT TO CALIFORNIA. IT WAS A VERY DARK NIGHT WITH A 2000 FT OVERCAST AND NO VISIBLE HORIZON. THE PLT HAD DEPARTED REDDING, CA AT 1357 HOURS AND HAD BEEN ON CONTINOUS FLT DUTY FROM THAT TIME UNTIL THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. A WITNESS STATED THE PLT SEEMED TO BE TIRED AND HUNGRY. THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED MAKING A NORMAL NIGHT TAKEOFF. WITNESSES STATED THAT AS THE ACFT TURNED FROM CROSSWIND TO DOWNWIND IT APPEARED THAT THE PLT HAD TROUBLE CONTROLLING THE ACFT. AFTER THE ACFT MADE A FEW EXTREME UP AND DOWN MANEUVERS, IT APPEARED TO PROCEED TO THE EAST. THE NEXT TIME THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED, IT WAS AGAIN CLIMBING AND DESCENDING RAPIDLY AND SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A VERTICAL DIVE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.