# Accident 19820403007709A: Beech A36, Darien, GA, April 3, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1982, 13:12 local time
- Place: Darien, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3435° N, 81.4241° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Darien, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3435&lon=-81.4241&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4382W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4382W-2012-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL82FKG10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FKG10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820403007709A

## Narrative

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

LOW TIME INSTRUMENT PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT IN AREA OF THUNDERSTORM.

## 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 ATL82FKG10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FKG10), Apr 3, 1982: Beech A36 (N4382W), Darien, GA, destroyed, 2 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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