# Accident 19790405021229A: Beech 35A33, St Petersburg, FL, April 5, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1979, 18:43 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7709° N, 82.6793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Petersburg, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7709&lon=-82.6793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N848B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N848B-2009-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-A33 (registry code 1151404, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-a33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35A33
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 775 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790405021229A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NON-CURRENT INSTR PLT FLEW INTO IFR WEATHER. LOST CTL OF ACFT. WITNESS SAW ACFT EXIT CLOUDS, VERTICAL DIVE INTO BAY

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA79FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA066), Apr 5, 1979: Beech 35A33 (N848B), St Petersburg, FL, destroyed, 3 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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