# Accident 19830806039059A: Beech B35, Wiscasset, ME, August 6, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1983, 22:50 local time
- Place: Wiscasset, ME
- Airport: Wiscasset
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9614° N, 69.7126° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WISCASSET (IWI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9614&lon=-69.7126&mi=10
- Aircraft: N193H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N193H-2013-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B35
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 621 total, 76 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC83FA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA204) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830806039059A

## Narrative

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

INTOXICATED PILOT DEPARTED AT NIGHT INTO NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AND CEILING. LOST CONTROL ON INITIAL CLIMBOUT.

## 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 NYC83FA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA204), Aug 7, 1983: Beech S35 (N193H), Wiscasset, ME, 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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