# Accident 19870901048909A: Beech V35B, Hilton Head, SC, September 1, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1987, 11:35 local time
- Place: Hilton Head, SC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2163° N, 80.7526° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hilton Head Island, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2163&lon=-80.7526&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6591S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6591S-2003-04-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL87FA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87FA257) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870901048909A

## Narrative

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

WRECKAGE SHOWS PILOT LOST CONTROL AND EXCEEDED AIRCRAFT LOAD LIMIT. CRASHED IN OCEAN. FLYING BETWEEN THUNDERSTORMS.

## 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 ATL87FA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87FA257), Sep 1, 1987: Beech V-35B (N6591S), Hilton Head, SC, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N6591S (1)

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

- [Incident 19821121064789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821121064789I), Nov 21, 1982: Beech V35B (N6591S), Greensboro, NC, Minor damage. Pilot inadvertently retracted the landing gear on the landing rollout.

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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