# NTSB Accident FTW03FA059
> **Beech 1900C** · 2002-12-09 · Eagleton, AR, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW03FA059
- **Event ID:** 20021230X05644
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-12-09
- **Location:** Eagleton, AR, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.6875, -94.219169
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 3
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Beech
- **Model:** 1900C
- **Registration:** N127YV
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

In-flight collision with terrain due to the pilot's failure to maintain clearance and altitude above rapidly rising terrain while on a VFR approach.  Contributing factors were the obscuration of the terrain due to clouds.

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