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]
- Air Midwest Flight 5481
- 2002 Pirelli Tower plane crash
- 2002 Tampa plane crash
- 2006 New York City plane crash
- 2010 Austin suicide attack
References[edit]
- ^ "Four killed, others missing in plane crash near ICT". KWCH-DT TV. Retrieved 30 Oct 2014.
- ^ http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=52SZ
- ^ "Four dead after plane crashes into building at Mid-Continent Airport". KSNW TV. Retrieved 30 Oct 2014.
- ^ "Crashed plane registered to Beechcraft, was bound for Arkansas". Wichita Business Journal. Retrieved 30 Oct 2014.
- ^ "Flight Records Show Deadly Plane Crash May Have Been Bound For Mena". KFSM-TV. Retrieved 30 Oct 2014.
- ^ "4 killed after plane crash near Wichita airport". CNN. Retrieved 30 Oct 2014.
- ^ "Four killed, others missing in plane crash near ICT". KWCH-DT TV. Retrieved 30 Oct 2014.
- ^ "4 dead, 5 hurt after plane crashes into building at Mid-Continent". KAKE TV. Retrieved 30 Oct 2014.
- ^ "Flight status for N52SZ". FlightExplorer.com. Retrieved 30 Oct 2014.
- ^ "Beechcraft B200 Super King Air N52SZ Aircraft accident at Wichita-Mid-Continent Airport, KS". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 30 Oct 2014.
- ^ "Pilot identified in Wichita airport crash". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved 30 Oct 2014.
- ^ "4 die when small plane hits Wichita airport building". USA Today. Retrieved 31 Oct 2014.
- ^ "Plane crash victim's family issues statement". KWCH-DT TV. Retrieved 31 Oct 2014.
- ^ "Family identifies woman killed in plane crash". KAKE TV. Retrieved 31 Oct 2014.
- ^ "NTSB: Kansas Plane Drifted to Left Before Crashing". ABC News. Retrieved 31 Oct 2014.
- ^ "Three bodies, cockpit voice recorder recovered from plane-crash site". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved 31 Oct 2014.
- ^ "Flight Safety suing company that serviced engine in Flight Safety building plane crash". KWCH-DT TV. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 4 Jun 2015.
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