Point Lookout – Harrison

On May 21, 1985 at 08:15 PM, Point Lookout – Harrison experienced a crash involving Cessna 501 Citation I, operated by Target Development %26 Consulting, with the event recorded near Harrison-Boone County Arkansas.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. At 2003 cdt, the flight was cleared for an ILS localizer approach to runway 36 at the Harrison-Boone County Airport. About 7 minutes later, the aircrew reported making a missed approach and the flight was cleared to the outer compass locator for another approach. The crew asked the Harrison FSS specialist to increase the intensity of the approach lights because they did not see the airport until mid-field; the specialist complied. At about 2015 cst, the aircrew reported inbound at the Bakky intersection (outer marker). The outer marker was located 4.7 mi south of the i-hro localizer DME on an outbound heading of 179°. When the flight did not arrive, a search was initiated. The wreckage was found where the aircraft collided with a mountain at the 1,840 feet level on a heading of 335°, 3.5 miles wsw of the airport. The crash site was also located along the 179° radial of the Harrison VOR, roughly the same distance and direction from the VOR as the outer marker was from the localizer DME. The airport weather was 500 feet overcast, 2 miles visibility with fog. Airport elevation is 1,364 feet msl. Both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N10GE, MSN 501-0022, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 36.2298°, -93.1077°.