# Accident 19850828041509A: Beech C99, Conover, NC, August 28, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1985, 01:45 local time
- Place: Conover, NC
- Airport: Hickory
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: SABA
- Location: 35.7002° N, 81.2101° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7002&lon=-81.2101&mi=10
- Aircraft: N992SB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C99
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A36
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,309 total, 950 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL85FA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85FA261) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850828041509A

## Narrative

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

IMPACTED POLE AND GROUND AT STEEP ANGLE.  MAY HAVE BEEN PRACTICING RUN AWAY TRIM PROCEDURE.  NO MALFUNCTION 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 ATL85FA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85FA261), Aug 28, 1985: Beech C-99 (N992SB), Conover, NC, destroyed, 3 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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