# Accident 19860602020659A: Beech STC95, Elizabethtown, KY, June 2, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 1986, 10:45 local time
- Place: Elizabethtown, KY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6995° N, 85.8705° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6995&lon=-85.8705&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3001S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3001S-2012-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH STC95
- Reported engine: CONT IO520E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 862 total, 64 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL86FA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86FA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860602020659A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TOWER GUY WIRES IN IFR WEATHER CONDITIONS. PILOT WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. HEART ATTACK PRIOR TO COLLISION.

## 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 ATL86FA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86FA155), Jun 2, 1986: Beech 95-B55 (N3001S), Elizabethtown, KY, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N3001S (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19850713031529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850713031529A), Jul 13, 1985: Beech 95B55 (N3001S), Owensboro, KY, Substantial damage. Landed hard while practicing for checkride. Went around and made safe landing. Fuselage skin wrinkled.

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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