Accident: Beech 55
Nov 17, 2018 · Liberal, KS
NTSB numberCEN19FA029Event id20181118X65853
- 2
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 0
- Uninjured
Probable cause
The pilot's improper decision to fly in an area where moderate icing conditions were forecasted in an airplane that was not certified for such conditions, and in the effort to get out of the icing conditions, his decision to fly below the minimum descent altitude for the localizer approach to the diversion airport resulting in the airplane impacting a power line and terrain. Contributing was the pilot's inadequate preflight planning.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved
- Aircraft
- Beech 55
- Registration
- N4817M
- Year built
- 1978
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Enroute Structural icing
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Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport (LBL)2 nm (4 km) north-west
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