Event MKC85FA059

1985-02-19 HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas, United States Airport · HOT Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N104JK

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-6

Year of manufacture

2006

Engine

AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20060716

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A01462

Registrant of record

WILSON RONALD J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N104JK Piper PA-23-250 Fatal

Factual narrative

PILOT HAD BEEN CLEARED FOR AN ILS APPROACH TO HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS. AFTER HE CROSSED THE INITIAL APPROACH FIX, HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO CLIMB BACK ABOVE THE CLOUDS FOR JUST A SECOND. HE CLIMBED 500 FEET IN THE NEXT 12 SECONDS, THEN STARTED A FAST DESCENT. THE LAST TWO RADAR HITS WERE ALMOST SUPERIMPOSED. THERE WAS A POST IMPACT FIRE. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_MKC85FA059.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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