Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Madinah Saudi Arabia
Wednesday, April 18, 2001 9:45 UTC

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

On April 18, 2001, about 0945 UTC, a Cessna T310R, N700AS, piloted by an Airplane Transport Pilot rated pilot, sustained substantial damage on impact with terrain about 35 kilometers North of the city of Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia while returning from an aerial spraying mission. The pilot and Commercial Pilot rated passenger were fatally injured. The local flight departed from Alkhalil Airstrip at time unknown. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Any further information may be obtained from: Aviation Standards & Safety Department Presidency of Civil Aviation P.O. Box 887, Jeddah, 21165 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 4/18/2001
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 945
Event Time Zone Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT
Event City Madinah
Event State --
Event Country SAUDI ARABIA
Zipcode of the event site --
Event Date Year 2001
Event Date Month 4
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 242937N
Event Location Longitude 0393335E
Event Location Airport --
Event Location Nearest Airport ID --
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport --
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Witness
Time of the weather observation
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID --
Elevation of weather observation facility --
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation --
Lighting Conditions --
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions --
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling --
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) --
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 39
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) --
Variable Wind Indicator --
Wind Speed (knots) --
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator --
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Fatal
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal 2
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 2
Investigating Agency --
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) --
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Apr 21 2001 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1444
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Jul 24 2009 11:05AM
User who most recently changed record bowl
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office FAA-AAI-100

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N700AS
NTSB Number CHI01WA123
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Non-U.S., Non-Commercial
Type of Flight Plan filed Unknown
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Cessna
Aircraft Model T310R
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number --
Certified Max Gross Weight --
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft --
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection --
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed --
ELT Activated --
ELT Aided Location of Event Site --
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Aircraft Support and Services Inc.
Aircraft Owner Street Address --
Aircraft Owner City Orlando
Aircraft Owner State FL
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 32822
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City Orlando
Operator State FL
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 32822
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
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) Aerial Application
Second Pilot on Board --
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code --
Departure City Alkhalil
Departure State --
Departure Country SA
Departure Time --
Departure Time Zone UTC
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code --
Destination City --
Destination State --
Destination Country --
Specific Phase of Flight Unknown
Report sent to ICAO? Yes
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Jul 24 2009 11:05AM
User who most recently changed record bowl
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location --
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --