# NTSB Accident CEN19FA029
> **Beech 55** · 2018-11-17 · Liberal, KS, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN19FA029
- **Event ID:** 20181118X65853
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2018-11-17
- **Location:** Liberal, KS, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.023384, -100.923
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Beech
- **Model:** 55
- **Registration:** N4817M
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's improper decision to fly in an area where moderate icing conditions were forecasted in an airplane that was not certified for such conditions, and in the effort to get out of the icing conditions, his decision to fly below the minimum descent altitude for the localizer approach to the diversion airport resulting in the airplane impacting a power line and terrain. Contributing was the pilot's inadequate preflight planning.

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