NTSB Identification: CEN15FA189
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Thursday, April 02, 2015 in Batesville, AR
Aircraft: CESSNA 152, registration: N65463
Injuries: 1 Fatal.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators either traveled in support of this investigation or conducted a significant amount of investigative work without any travel, and used data obtained from various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On April 2, 2015, about 0600 central daylight time, a Cessna 152 airplane, N65463, collided with terrain near Batesville, Arkansas. The student pilot, the sole occupant, was fatally injured and the airplane was destroyed. The airplane was registered to and operated by a private individual under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as an instructional flight. Night, instrument meteorological conditions prevailed in the vicinity of the accident site. The flight operated without a flight plan and departed the Salem Airport (7M9), Salem, Arkansas, at an undetermined time.
According to preliminary information, the pilot and another individual departed Carlisle Municipal Airport (4M3), Carlisle, Arkansas, about 0200. The pilot intended to fly to 7M9. The pilot's activities until the time of the accident have not been determined.
About 0600, a resident called the Independence County Sheriff to report a possible airplane crash. The resident heard an airplane's engine rev up and then heard what she thought was a crash. When the deputies arrived to her resident and began investigating the area, they reported heavy patchy fog. The airplane's wreckage was located on April 3, 2015, in a wooded area of Brock Mountain.
At 0555, an automated weather reporting facility located at the Batesville Regional Airport (BVX), Batesville, Arkansas, about 6.5 nautical miles northeast of the accident site, reported wind from 190° at 6 knots, visibility 10 miles, few clouds at 1,000 feet, a broken layer at 1,900 feet, and an overcast ceiling 3,200 feet, temperature 18° Celsius (C), dew point 16° C, and a barometric pressure of 29.87 inches of mercury.
At 0535, an automated weather reporting facility located at the Clinton Municipal Airport (CCA), Clinton, Arkansas, located 34 nautical miles west of the accident site, reported a calm wind, visibility 5 miles, mist, an overcast ceiling at 700 feet, temperature 16°C, dew point 16° C, and a barometric pressure of 29.88 inches of mercury
TIMOTHY R. WELCH: http://registry.faa.gov/N65463
BATESVILLE (KATV) - Plane wreckage and a body were discovered not far from the Batesville Airport on Friday – more than a day after the plane apparently crashed.
Glen Willis, director of the Independence County Office of Emergency Management, said a 911 call had come in early Thursday morning claiming that a woman heard an airplane engine “rev-up” and then heard a popping noise in the area of Rock Mountain & Hwy 25, but said she did not hear an explosion.
Authorities with the Independence County Sheriff's office and OEM responded to search the area, but Willis said dense fog prevented them from seeing the wreckage.
On Friday at around 5:30 PM, a pilot with a hangar at Batesville Airport ended up finding the wreckage with a deceased pilot inside the plane.
Willis said the plane, a Cessna 152 single-engine plane, was found about 3/4 of a mile from the closest access road.
The pilot, whose name still hasn't been released, was from Scott, Arkansas. His plane hangar was in Carlisle.
The pilot flew from Carlisle to Salem, Arkansas. Willis said the pilot appeared to be returning to Carlisle when bad weather caused him to turn around and try to land at the Batesville Airport. The plane ended up crashing near the Independence/Cleburne County line.
The National Transportation Safety Board is expected to meet with OEM officials in Batesville on Saturday to further the investigation.
Source: http://www.katv.com/story
INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, AR (KAIT) - Wreckage from a deadly plane crash was found Friday in Independence County.
Office of Emergency Management Director Glen Willis said the plane had been missing since Thursday morning.
As of right now, investigators believe the pilot was returning to Carlisle from Salem, but then decided to turn around in foggy weather and land at the Batesville airport.
That is when the plane crashed south of Highway 25 near the Independence County line, killing the pilot.
A different pilot searching for the missing plane found the wreckage Friday night.
When Willis arrived, there was no sign of fire or explosion at the crash site.
He said the National Transportation Safety Board will be at the scene of the crash on Saturday.
Source: http://www.kait8.com
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