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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A35 · Morristown, TN · March 28, 1985

Date: March 28, 1985 · 18:15 local
Place: Morristown, TN
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8565A
Reported as: Beech A35
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,706 total1,400 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N8565ARegistered now · Beech A35S/N D-1987 · Built 1949 Airframe modelBeech A35 Engine modelContinental E185 seriesReciprocating

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.

Lost communications IFR. Climbed to VFR, continued flight. Descended below clouds, landed in field.

As the FAA filed it

LOST COMMUNICATIONS IFR. CLIMBED TO VFR, CONTINUED FLIGHT. DESCENDED BELOW CLOUDS, LANDED IN FIELD.