# Accident 19841223075199A: Beech A36, Lake Charles, LA, December 23, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1984, 22:35 local time
- Place: Lake Charles, LA
- Airport: Lake Charles
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5645° N, 93.5176° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5645&lon=-93.5176&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2049G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BB
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW85FA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841223075199A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT FILED IFR UNDER ANOTHER NAME. FLEW IN IMC CONDITIONS, SHOT ILS APPROACH, HIT POWER LINES, POLES, GROUND.

## 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 FTW85FA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FA084), Dec 24, 1984: Beech A36 (N2049G), Lake Charles, LA, destroyed, 4 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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