(Source: KSLA News 12 viewer) EL DORADO, AR (KSLA) -
Posted: August 23, 2015
By KSLA Staff
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating after a plane crashed near the airport in El Dorado, Arkansas, leaving the pilot dead.
It happened around 12:15 p.m. Sunday at the South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field.
Union County Sheriff Mike McGough said they received a call of a plane going down near the runway in a wooded area. McGough said area residents reported hearing and feeling the impacts of the crash. When authorities got to the scene, they found a small, private plane and the pilot deceased.
Johnathan Estes, deputy operator at the airport told KSLA News 12 that NTSB is expected to arrive Sunday evening to investigate.
The pilot's name has not been released.
The crash remains under investigation.
Date: 23-AUG-2015
Time: 11:44+
Type:
Beech 35-B33 Debonair
Owner/operator: Private
Registration: N9704Y
C/n / msn: CD-597
Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities: 0
Airplane damage: Unknown
Location: Near South Arkansas Regional Airport (KELD), El Dorado, AR -
United States of America Phase: Approach
Nature: Unknown
Departure airport: Florence Rgnl (KFLO)
Destination airport: South Arkansas Rgnl (KELD)
Narrative:
The aircraft impacted wooded terrain while on approach to South Arkansas Regional Airport (KELD), El Dorado, Arkansas. The airplane sustained unreported damage and the sole pilot onboard received fatal injuries.
Sources:
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=178954
http://www.ksla.com/story/29861111/pilot-killed-in-swar-plane-crash
http://www.magnoliareporter.com/news_and_business/local_news/article_2127b0d8-49d0-11e5-81f7-932a98379d0c.html
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N9704Y/history/20150823/1030Z/KFLO/KELD
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=9704Y