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MKC84FA084

1984-02-26 · EL DORADO, Arkansas, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport ELD

N33BP has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 8KCAB, built 1992), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE ACFT CRASHED INTO TREES 2 MILES SHORT OF THE RWY DURING AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH IN IMC WEATHER. A PLT IN THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT SAID THAT JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT, THE ACFT WAS DESCENDING AT 2500 FPM, & WHEN HE LOOKED AHEAD, HE SAW TREES. HESAID HE YELLED AT THE PLT TO 'PULL UP' BUT THE PLT DID NOT REACT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1984_MKC84FA084.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.