# Accident 19840624026639A: Beech S35, Ottawa, IL, June 24, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1984, 00:40 local time
- Place: Ottawa, IL
- Airport: Ottawa
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3500° N, 88.8306° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3500&lon=-88.8306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N905T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- Reported engine: CONT IO520B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,066 total, 196 in this make and model, 124 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI84LA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA259) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840624026639A

## Narrative

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

TRIED TO LAND AT A UNLIGHTED AIRPORT ON DARK NIGHT. CRASH LANDED IN A FIELD ADJACENT TO AIRPORT. ALCOHOL A FACTOR.

## 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 CHI84LA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA259), Jun 24, 1984: Beech S35 (N905T), Ottawa, IL, destroyed

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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