The National Transportation Safety Board did not travel to the scene of this accident.
Additional Participating Entities:
Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Little Rock, Arkansas
Textron Aviation; Wichita, Kansas
Continental Motors; Mobile, Alabama
Hartzell Propeller; Piqua, Ohio
Location: Cash, AR
Accident Number: CEN21LA107
Date & Time: January 4, 2021, 09:33 Local
Registration: N325GC
Aircraft: HAWKER BEECHCRAFT CORP G58
Injuries: 2 Fatal
Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Personal
On January 4, 2021, about 0933 central standard time, a Hawker Beechcraft Corporation G58 airplane, N325GC, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Cash, Arkansas. The private pilot and passenger sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
According to flight track data, the airplane departed from the Jonesboro Municipal Airport (JBR), Jonesboro, Arkansas at 0927. After departure, the airplane flew southwest, climbed to about 2,300 ft msl, and then started to descend. The flight continued to track southwest until about 0932, when it turned right, and flew west-north-west briefly, until flight track data was lost about 0933. The location of the loss of flight track data coincided with the accident site location.
The airplane impacted a muddy rice field about 16 miles southwest of JBR. The airplane was destroyed from a postimpact fire. Two Federal Aviation Administration aviation safety inspectors and an air safety investigator from Textron Aviation traveled to the accident site to conduct documentation activities. The wreckage was recovered from the accident site for a future examination of the airframe, engines, and propellers.
Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information
Aircraft Make: HAWKER BEECHCRAFT CORP
Registration: N325GC
Model/Series: G58 NO SERIES
Aircraft Category: Airplane
Amateur Built: No
Operator:
Operating Certificate(s) Held: None
Operator Designator Code:
Meteorological Information and Flight Plan
Conditions at Accident Site: VMC
Condition of Light: Day
Observation Facility, Elevation: KM19,0 ft msl
Observation Time: 09:08 Local
Distance from Accident Site: 12 Nautical Miles
Temperature/Dew Point: 3°C /2°C
Lowest Cloud Condition:
Wind Speed/Gusts, Direction: 3 knots / , 320°
Lowest Ceiling:
Visibility: 0.5 miles
Altimeter Setting: 30.07 inches Hg
Type of Flight Plan Filed: None
Departure Point: Jonesboro, AR (JBR)
Destination: Conway, AR (CXW)
Wreckage and Impact Information
Crew Injuries: 1 Fatal
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Passenger Injuries: 1 Fatal
Aircraft Fire: On-ground
Ground Injuries:
Aircraft Explosion: Unknown
Total Injuries: 2 Fatal
Latitude, Longitude: 35.7068,-90.945032 (est)
Sean Wesley Stem
POINSETT COUNTY, Arkansas (KAIT) - Poinsett County Sheriff Kevin Molder releases the names of the two people killed in a Monday plane crash.
The pilot Sean Wesley Stem, 52, and passenger Nickoles Lee Warren, 41, both of Jonesboro, died in the crash.
The dispatch center received a call that a plane had gone down in the northwestern part of the county around 9:44 a.m., January 4, Molder said.
Multiple agencies responded to the scene where they found a twin-engine plane in a field off Flag Slough Lane between Grubbs and Weiner.
“The response was amazing as far as the emergency responders. They came and we were able to get here quickly. They responded to the scene and were a big help to us while we were investigating the scene,” said Molder.
Molder said the bodies have been sent to the Arkansas State Medical Examiner’s Office in Little Rock and the victims’ families have been notified.
“They are in our prayers,” he added.
The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board have also both been notified, he said.
“The FAA will identify the aircraft type when investigators locate the identification plate,” said Elizabeth Isham Cory, public affairs specialist for the FAA. “Local authorities will release the names and medical conditions of the aircraft’s occupants.”
She said the FAA and NTSB will investigate the cause of the crash, with the NTSB providing updates as they become available.
According to the FAA preliminary accident and incident report, the Beechcraft G58 was still in its takeoff phase from Jonesboro when it “crashed under unknown circumstances and caught fire.” The pilot and one passenger perished.
Brock Davis was hunting in the area when he saw the plane having issues.
“I was in the duck woods hunting and there was a, what I thought was a single prop plane, going really low over the trees and it sounded like it was too low and it was really loud,” he said. “Something was wrong with one of the engines. Thirty seconds later, I couldn’t see it anymore I heard it, disappear, and saw black smoke billowing for 10 or 15 minutes.”
“You know, I would just like to say, pray for the family and the people affected. It was a very sad deal and I hope you know that safety, new safety precautions come from this.”
