19841203064339A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech V35B · St Petersburg, FL · December 3, 1984

Date
December 3, 1984 · 11:25 local
Place
St Petersburg, FL
Airport
Clearwater International
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6737L
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA85LA051
Reported as
Beech V35B
Reported engine
Continental IO520BB
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,631 total706 in this make and model79 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 received special VFR clearance. Inadvertently descended too low, impacted water.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT RECEIVED SPECIAL VFR CLEARANCE. INADVERTENTLY DESCENDED TOO LOW, IMPACTED WATER.

NTSB investigation

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