Takeoff & Initial Climb · NTSB DFW08MA076
CESSNA 500 — Oklahoma City, OK
| Date | March 4, 2008 |
| Location | Oklahoma City, OK |
| Aircraft | CESSNA 500 |
| Purpose of flight | Unknown |
| Conditions | Day · Visual Meteorological Cond |
| Phase / occurrence | Initial climb Birdstrike |
| Pilot age | 44 |
| Pilot total time | 6,100 hrs · High time |
| Time in type | Unknown |
| Fatalities | 5 |
Probable cause
NTSB findings
- Environmental issues-Physical environment-Object/animal/substance-Animal(s)/bird(s)-Effect on operation
- Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-Performance/control parameters-(general)-Not attained/maintained
- Personnel issues-Task performance-Use of equip/info-Aircraft control-Pilot
- Organizational issues-Development-Selection/certification/testing-Equip certification/testing-FAA/Regulator
- Organizational issues-Management-Policy/procedure-Adequacy of policy/proc-Airport
- Organizational issues-Support/oversight/monitoring-Documentation/record keeping-(general)-FAA/Regulator
- Aircraft-Aircraft handling/service-(general)-(general)-Related records
What happened
The Safety Board's full report is available at:
http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/2009/AAR0905.pdf. The Aircraft Accident Report number is NTSB/AAR-09/05.
On March 4, 2008, about 1515 central standard time, a Cessna 500, N113SH, registered to Southwest Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Clinic PC of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, entered a steep descent and crashed about 2 minutes after takeoff from Wiley Post Airport (PWA) in Oklahoma City. None of the entities associated with the flight claimed to be its operator. The pilot, the second pilot, and the three passengers were killed, and the airplane was destroyed by impact forces and postcrash fire. The flight was operated under 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 with an instrument flight rules flight plan filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated from the ramp of Interstate Helicopters (a 14 CFR Part 135 on-demand helicopter operator at PWA) and was en route to Mankato Regional Airport, Mankato, Minnesota, carrying company executives who worked for United Engines and United Holdings, LLC.