Mission Sioux Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Mission, South Dakota 57555
Wednesday, August 23, 2000 2:07 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

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.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

the aircraft control not maintained by the pilot. A contributing factor was pilot fatigue.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 8/23/2000
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 207
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City MISSION
Event State SOUTH DAKOTA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 57555
Event Date Year 2000
Event Date Month 8
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport MISSION SIOUX
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 0V6
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 2605
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 152 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 174
Weather Observation Facility ID VTN
Elevation of weather observation facility 2590
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 28
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Not Reported
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 8
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 63
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 14
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 70
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 3
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Fatal
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal 3
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 3
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 11225
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date Aug 23 2000 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 400
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information IMAGE
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2002 7:11AM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N34DD
NTSB Number CHI00FA265
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire Unknown
Aircraft Explosion Unknown
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Cessna
Aircraft Model 340A
Aircraft Series Identifier 340A
Aircraft Serial Number 340A-0308
Certified Max Gross Weight 6390
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 6
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Jul 24 2000 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 129
Airframe Hours 3819
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name ACTION MECHANICAL
Aircraft Owner Street Address 1856 LOMBARDY DR
Aircraft Owner City RAPID CITY
Aircraft Owner State SD
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 57701
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Business
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code 0V6
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 0
Departure Time Zone
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code RAP
Destination City RAPID CITY
Destination State SD
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Climb
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Dec 1 2001 4:45AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length 3200
Runway Width 60
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --