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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech J35 · Magan, KY · May 7, 1982

Date
May 7, 1982 · 02:09 local
Place
Magan, KY
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8376D
Reported as
Beech J35
Reported engine
Continental IO470G
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
639 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot reported equipment malfunction. Was observed to be out of control prior to impact. Dirt fouled gyro horizon.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION. WAS OBSERVED TO BE OUT OF CONTROL PRIOR TO IMPACT. DIRT FOULED GYRO HORIZON.