2014 Wichita King Air crash

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2014 Wichita King Air crash
Accident summary
Date 30 October 2014
Summary Engine failure[1]
Site Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, Wichita, Kansas
Crew 1
Injuries (non-fatal) 5 (on the ground; 1 critical)
Fatalities 4 (including 3 on the ground)
Missing 0
Survivors 0
Aircraft type Beechcraft King Air B200
Operator Beechcraft Corporation[2]
Registration N52SZ
Flight origin Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, Wichita, Kansas
Destination Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport, Mena, Arkansas

At 9:50 AM on October 30, 2014[3] Beechcraft King Air B200 N52SZ [4] carrying one crew member crashed into the FlightSafety International building at the Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita, Kansas, killing three people in the building and injuring five others, one of whom is still in critical condition[when?]. The crash initially left five people unaccounted for.[5][6][7] At the time of the crash there were more than 100 employees and visitors inside the building.[8]

Incident[edit]

The flight departed at 9:46 AM for Mena, Arkansas [9] The pilot was retired Air Traffic Controller Mark Allan Goldstein, 53, of Wichita. After takeoff, Goldstein stated "we just lost the left engine".[10] The pilot was confirmed as one of the fatalities.[11][12] 78-year-old FlightSafety instructor Jay Lee Ferguson[13] and Ukrainian American Nataliya M. Menestrina, 48, a Russian translator, were killed while in a flight simulator inside of the Citation Learning Center building.[14]

Investigation and aftermath[edit]

National Transportation Safety Board investigators arrived within twelve hours, but were initially unable to enter the building due to structural safety concerns.[15] The cockpit voice recorder was recovered from the wreckage by lowering a harnessed worker from a crane.[16] Six months after the crash, Flight Safety sued Dallas Airmotive claiming they negligently performed inspections and signed off the engines as airworthy when they were not.[17]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Four killed, others missing in plane crash near ICT". KWCH-DT TV. Retrieved 30 Oct 2014. 
  2. ^ http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=52SZ
  3. ^ "Four dead after plane crashes into building at Mid-Continent Airport". KSNW TV. Retrieved 30 Oct 2014. 
  4. ^ "Crashed plane registered to Beechcraft, was bound for Arkansas". Wichita Business Journal. Retrieved 30 Oct 2014. 
  5. ^ "Flight Records Show Deadly Plane Crash May Have Been Bound For Mena". KFSM-TV. Retrieved 30 Oct 2014. 
  6. ^ "4 killed after plane crash near Wichita airport". CNN. Retrieved 30 Oct 2014. 
  7. ^ "Four killed, others missing in plane crash near ICT". KWCH-DT TV. Retrieved 30 Oct 2014. 
  8. ^ "4 dead, 5 hurt after plane crashes into building at Mid-Continent". KAKE TV. Retrieved 30 Oct 2014. 
  9. ^ "Flight status for N52SZ". FlightExplorer.com. Retrieved 30 Oct 2014. 
  10. ^ "Beechcraft B200 Super King Air N52SZ Aircraft accident at Wichita-Mid-Continent Airport, KS". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 30 Oct 2014. 
  11. ^ "Pilot identified in Wichita airport crash". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved 30 Oct 2014. 
  12. ^ "4 die when small plane hits Wichita airport building". USA Today. Retrieved 31 Oct 2014. 
  13. ^ "Plane crash victim's family issues statement". KWCH-DT TV. Retrieved 31 Oct 2014. 
  14. ^ "Family identifies woman killed in plane crash". KAKE TV. Retrieved 31 Oct 2014. 
  15. ^ "NTSB: Kansas Plane Drifted to Left Before Crashing". ABC News. Retrieved 31 Oct 2014. 
  16. ^ "Three bodies, cockpit voice recorder recovered from plane-crash site". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved 31 Oct 2014. 
  17. ^ "Flight Safety suing company that serviced engine in Flight Safety building plane crash". KWCH-DT TV. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 4 Jun 2015.