19851027053969A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech 58P · Forsyth, GA · October 27, 1985

Date
October 27, 1985 · 15:33 local
Place
Forsyth, GA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N583AM
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL86MA011
Reported as
Beech 58P
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520WB
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
448 total93 in this make and model38 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.

Lost control after autopilot and some flight instruments failed. Said autopilot and whole first system is gone.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL AFTER AUTOPILOT AND SOME FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS FAILED. SAID AUTOPILOT AND WHOLE FIRST SYSTEM IS GONE.

NTSB investigation

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