# Accident 19790408030609A: Beech V35B, Grove Hill, AL, April 8, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1979, 14:12 local time
- Place: Grove Hill, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6987° N, 87.7729° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grove Hill, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6987&lon=-87.7729&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21KK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21KK-1979-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 1,390 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790408030609A

## Narrative

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

ACFT ON IFR DISAPPEARED OFF RADAR AFTER DEVIATION FOR THUNDERSTORMS, OBSERVED FLYING LOW BELOW CLOUDS. HIT TREES.

## 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 MIA79FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA068), Apr 8, 1979: Beech V35B (N21KK), Grove Hill, AL, destroyed, 1 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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