Second Fatal Crash Near RVS In Six Weeks

Two passengers onboard a Cessna 210 Centurion were killed, and the pilot critically injured, when their aircraft impacted north of Jones Riverside Airport (RVS) in Tulsa, OK Tuesday evening.

The Associated Press reports the plane had just departed RVS bound for Little Rock, AR when the pilot attempted to return to the airport. The aircraft -- N3NG, a 1977 C210 -- struck a powerline on approach to the airport, according to FAA spokesman Roland Herwig.

The identities of the victims were not released, apart from reports the pilot is a Little Rock police officer and that his wife and father-in-law were onboard the plane, which the pilot purchased from a Montana man 10 days before.

Aircraft broker Dan Howard, whose company handled the sale of the plane, told local media the pilot reported an electrical problem just after takeoff -- specifically, a voltage issue.

The Centurion (file photo of type shown above) hit the power line at approximately 1920 CST, and came to rest inverted near an earthen levee about 100 yards north of the airport.

Tuesday's crash is the second in the metro Tulsa area in six weeks. As ANN reported, five persons died when a Beechcraft A-36 Bonanza crashed October 17 near Glenpool, OK. That aircraft was also attempting to return to RVS for an emergency landing.

IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 3NG        Make/Model: C210      Description: 210, T210, (Turbo)Centurion
  Date: 11/28/2007     Time: 0019

  Event Type: Accident   Highest Injury: Fatal     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: Unknown

LOCATION
  City: TULSA   State: OK   Country: US

DESCRIPTION
  AIRCRAFT ON APPROACH TO LAND, STRUCK POWERLINES AND CRASHED, THERE WERE
  THREE PERSONS ON BOARD, TWO WERE FATALLY INJURED, ONE SUSTAINED UNKNOWN
  INJURIES, TULSA, OK

INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   2
                 # Crew:   3     Fat:   2     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   1
                 # Pass:   0     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   

WEATHER: KRVS 272353Z 17007KT 10SM CLR 13/01 A3021

OTHER DATA
  Activity: Unknown      Phase: Approach      Operation: OTHER

  FAA FSDO: OKLAHOMA CITY, OK  (SW15)             Entry date: 11/28/2007

FMI: www.faa.gov