Beechcraft | Crash | private
Morning Takeoff after Layover Ends in Fatality
What: Rose Resources Oil & Gas Twin engine Beechcraft Baron 55 plane from Louisiana to Bixby Oklahoma
Where: DeQueen airport Southwest Arkansas
When: April 15, 2011 8:30 am
Who: pilot Timothy Stanley
Why: Encountering bad weather while en route, Stanley diverted to Dequeen Airport. He made a safe landing, and spent the night.
In the morning after taking off, while circling, the pilot lost control and crashed off of the east end of the 5,000-foot De Queen runway in a ditch. He died on the scene.
