# Accident 19840127001659A: Beech 77, Fritch, TX, January 27, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1984, 15:30 local time
- Place: Fritch, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6393° N, 101.5895° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6393&lon=-101.5895&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3829D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3829D-2013-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 77 (registry code 1153007, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-77) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 77
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 270 total, 5 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW84FA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84FA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840127001659A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WHEEL FOUND FLOATING IN LAKE. PILOT HAD BEEN KNOWN TO SKIP WHEELS ON LAKE. WRECKAGE, AND BODIES NOT FOUND. AMENDED DATE: 06/13/2008 ON JANUARY 27,1984, N3829D, A BEECHCRAFT SKIPPER BE-77, DEPARTED THE TRADEWIND AIRPORT (KTDW) IN AMARILLO, TEXAS FOR A TWO HOUR LOCAL FLIGHT OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WITH PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ABOARD. THE AIRCRAFT NEVER RETURNED. ON JANUARY 28, 1984 THE RIGHT WHEEL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND FLOATING IN LAKE MEREDITH NEAR FRITCH, TEXAS, MATCHED THE PART NUMBER FROM THE MISSING AIRCRAFT. ON JANUARY 29, 1984 A JACKET SIMILAR TO ONE WORN BY THE PILOT WAS FOUND FLOATING IN THE LAKE. A SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED FROM JANUARY 28 TO FEBRUARY 2, 1984 WITH NO SUCCESS. ON MAY 31, 2008 THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS DISCOVERED IN LAKE MEREDITH AND REPORTED TO THE U.S. PARK SERVICE, WHO ALSO NOTIFIED THE NTSB. THE ONLY RESTRAINTS FOUND WERE TWO LAP BELTS AND THE PILOT'S SHOULDER HARNESS, ALL OF WHICH SHOWED SIGNS OF STRESS. EYEWITNESS REPORTS INDICATE SEEING AN AIRCRAFT MAKING NUMEROUS LOW PASSES OVER THE LAKE. IN AN AIRPORT BREAKROOM SOMETIME BEFORE THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED A COMMERCIAL PILOT OVERHEARD THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, BRAGGING BOUT SKIPPING HIS WHEELS IN LAKE MEREDITH. THE REMAINS OF THE PILOT AND PASSENGER HAVE NOT BEEN FOUND.

## 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 FTW84FA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84FA122), Jan 27, 1984: Beech 77 (N3829D), Fritch, TX, 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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