Cessna 500 N113SH
4 March 2008 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 4 March 2008 at about 21:15 local time, a Cessna 500 registered N113SH, operated by Interstate Helicopters Inc, was involved in an accident near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. 5 people were on board and 5 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 21:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
- Coordinates
- 35.4722, -97.6672
- Aircraft
- Cessna 500
- Registration
- N113SH
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Interstate Helicopters Inc
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Oklahoma City → Mankato
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DFW08MA076
People
5 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
Airplane wing-structure damage sustained during impact with one or more large birds (American white pelicans), which resulted in a loss of control of the airplane.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The Safety Board's full report is available at: http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/2009/AAR0905.pdf. The Aircraft Accident Report number is NTSB/AAR-09/05. On March 4, 2008, about 1515 central standard time, a Cessna 500, N113SH, registered to Southwest Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Clinic PC of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, entered a steep descent and crashed about 2 minutes after takeoff from Wiley Post Airport (PWA) in Oklahoma City. None of the entities associated with the flight claimed to be its operator. The pilot, the second pilot, and the three passengers were killed, and the airplane was destroyed by impact forces and postcrash fire. The flight was operated under 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 with an instrument flight rules flight plan filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated from the ramp of Interstate Helicopters (a 14 CFR Part 135 on-demand helicopter operator at PWA) and was en route to Mankato Regional Airport, Mankato, Minnesota, carrying company executives who worked for United Engines and United Holdings, LLC.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 500 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Mar 2008 | Cessna 500 | Farnborough, Ke, United Kingdom | Relton Mews Air Limited | Fatal | 5 |
| 17 Mar 2007 | Cessna 500 | Beverly, Massachusetts, United States | Air Trek Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 30 Jun 2007 | Cessna 500 | Conway, Arkansas, United States | IHR Adminstrative Services, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 1 Feb 2006 | Cessna 500 | Burnsville, North Carolina, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 Nov 2005 | Cessna 500 | Houston, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 8 Mar 2005 | Cessna 500 | Caracas, Venezuela | Air Global | Fatal | 2 |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Jan 2008 | Pilatus PC-12/45 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States | - | Fatal | - |
| 16 Mar 2008 | Cessna 150 | Idabell, Oklahoma, United States | Idabel Broken Bow Paris Flying Club | No injuries | - |
| 9 May 2008 | Piper PA-36 | Thomas, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Jan 2008 | Aero Commander 500B | Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States | Central Air Southwest | Fatal | 1 |
| 29 Jul 2008 | North American P-51D | Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Jun 2008 | Cessna R172K | Goldsby, Oklahoma, United States | Kevin Eggleston | No injuries | - |