Beechcraft 58 N678DD

Summary

On 23 February 2018 at about 03:08 local time, a Beechcraft 58 registered N678DD was involved in an accident near Ulysses, Kansas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

23 February 2018 at 03:08

Classification

Accident

Location

Ulysses, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Ulysses (ULS)

Coordinates

37.6528, -101.3706

Aircraft

Beechcraft 58

Registration

N678DD

Category

Airplane

Year built

1970

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ulysses → Scott City

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

CEN18FA108

2 people died.

An inflight loss of control and collision with terrain for reasons that could not be determined.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The instrument-rated private pilot and one passenger departed on a personal flight in the pilot's multi-engine airplane in night visual meteorological conditions. A witness saw the lights of the accident airplane about 2 minutes after it departed. Within several seconds, the lights "fell quickly like a shooting star," followed by an orange flash of fire as the airplane impacted terrain. There was no radar or radio communications information associated with the airplane. The wreckage was severely fragmented, and the evidence at the accident site was consistent with a high-energy impact in a left-wing-low, nose-down attitude. Examination revealed no evidence of any pre-impact mechanical deficiencies with the airplane or engines. Autopsy and toxicology testing of the pilot revealed no evidence of physiological impairment or incapacitation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.