Cessna 340A N34DD
23 August 2000 · Mission, South Dakota, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 23 August 2000 at about 07:07 local time, a Cessna 340A registered N34DD was involved in an accident near Mission, South Dakota, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 07:07
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Mission, South Dakota, United States
- Nearest airport
- Mission Sioux (0V6)
- Coordinates
- 43.3002, -100.6594
- Aircraft
- Cessna 340A
- Registration
- N34DD
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Unknown → Rapid City
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Not Reported
- NTSB number
- CHI00FA265
People
3 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
the aircraft control not maintained by the pilot. A contributing factor was pilot fatigue.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The corporate airplane was destroyed on impact with rolling terrain and fire 1.3 nm northeast of the Mission Sioux Airport (0V6), Mission, South Dakota. The flight was en route to the Rapid City Regional Airport, Rapid City, South Dakota, which was located 114 nm on a magnetic bearing 284 degrees from 0V6. The 290 foot long wreckage path was oriented on a magnetic heading of 290 degrees. Night meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. A witness and communications with the airplane/pilot indicate that the pilot had a continuous duty time of approximately 21 hours that began at least at 0414 mountain daylight time on the day prior to the date of the accident. The wreckage was distributed along 230 feet with propeller slash marks at the beginning of the wreckage path. Both propellers displayed twisting. Postaccident component examination revealed a preexisting crack in the right turbocharger's exhaust but no indication of melting of the fuel lines in the adjacent area. No other system anomalies were noted.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 340 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Nov 2000 | Cessna 340A | Selma, California, United States | Yecny Enterprises, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 23 Sep 2000 | Cessna 340 | Broomfield, Colorado, United States | Star West Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 29 Sep 2000 | Cessna 340 | Nadi, Fiji | Benchmark Aviation | Minor injuries | - |
| 21 Aug 2000 | Cessna 340 | Glarus, Switzerland | A.c. Friedrich Gmbh | Fatal | 5 |
| 17 Jan 2000 | Cessna 340A | Brownsville, Texas, United States | Luis Carlos Alanis Fernandez | No injuries | - |
| 8 Sep 2000 | Cessna 340A | Big Piney, Wyoming, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Nov 2000 | Saab 340-B | Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States | Mesaba Aviation, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 27 Apr 2000 | Cessna 177RG | Watertown, South Dakota, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 30 Mar 2000 | Piper J-3C | Eureka, South Dakota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Jul 2000 | Creed LANCAIR 235 | Hot Springs, South Dakota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 3 Oct 2000 | Piper PA-44-180 | Rapid City, South Dakota, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 3 May 2000 | Hughes 269C | Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States | - | No injuries | - |