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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech 58P · Cassopolis, MI · August 30, 1983

Date
August 30, 1983 · 10:45 local
Place
Cassopolis, MI
Phase of flight
Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N88AX
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI83FA402
Reported as
Beech 58P
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520WB
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,385 total425 in this make and model63 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.

Aircraft entered flat spin and crashed while practicing VMC demonstration maneuvers.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT ENTERED FLAT SPIN AND CRASHED WHILE PRACTICING VMC DEMONSTRATION MANEUVERS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.