Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Arnett, Oklahoma 73832
Wednesday, June 3, 1987 12:00 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE FLT DEPARTED BATON ROUGE (BTR) FOR THE PLTS STATED DEST OF ALEXANDRIA, WHICH WAS 78 MILES ON A BEARING OF 301 DEG, AT 0836 CDT. AFTER DEP THE BTR LOCAL AREA THERE WAS NO RADIO CONTACT WITH ANY ATC FACILITY. THE TRANSPONDER CONTINUED TO TRANSMIT A CODE 1200 UNTIL RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST AT 1145:32 CDT. IMPACT OCCURRED DURING A POWER-OFF UNCONTROLLED DESCENT APRX 3 HRS AND 24 MIN AFTER TAKEOFF ABOUT 310 DEG AND 520 NAUTICAL MILES FROM BTR. THERE WERE NO DEVIATIONS FROM THAT COURSE. ONLY A TRACE OF UNUSABLE FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE WRECKAGE WITH NONE DISCOVERED IN FUEL LINES. LINE OF SIGHT DISTANCE CALCULATIONS FROM ATC SITES REVEALED THAT THE ACFT ACHIEVED AN ALTITUDE OF AT LEAST 12,800 FT. ACFT SPEED CHANGES FROM RECORDED RADAR DATA AND PERFORMANCE INFO FROM THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT THE ACFT CLIMBED TO AN ALT OF APRX 18,685 FT MSL. THE CABIN PRESSURIZATION SWITCH WAS FOUND IN THE OFF POSITION AND ONBOARD OXYGEN WAS NOT UTILIZED.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 6/3/1987
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 1200
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City ARNETT
Event State OKLAHOMA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 73832
Event Date Year 1987
Event Date Month 6
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 0
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1145 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 11
Weather Observation Facility ID GAG
Elevation of weather observation facility 2223
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 12
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 8000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 3500
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 15
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 20
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 7
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 40
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 12
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
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 1
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2517
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jun 3 1987 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 2230
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 37174
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 2:29PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N5488A
NTSB Number FTW87MA133
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 None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model P210R
Aircraft Series Identifier P210R
Aircraft Serial Number P21000858
Certified Max Gross Weight 4100
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 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Mar 25 1987 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 60
Airframe Hours 500
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name BUTCH BAUM AND ASSOCIATES INC.
Aircraft Owner Street Address 2133 SILVERSIDE DR.
Aircraft Owner City BATON ROUGE
Aircraft Owner State LA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 70898
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 No
Departure Airport Code BTR
Departure City BATON ROUGE
Departure State LA
Departure Country
Departure Time 836
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code ESF
Destination City ALEXANDRIA
Destination State LA
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Descent
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length 0
Runway Width 0
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --