# Accident 19890110000379A: Beech 35B33, Ripon, CA, January 10, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 1989, 10:12 local time
- Place: Ripon, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7495° N, 121.1208° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7495&lon=-121.1208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8974M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8974M-1989-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-B33 (registry code 1151406, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-b33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35B33
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 673 total, 8 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX89FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89FA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890110000379A

## Narrative

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

FILED AND PROCEEDED WITH KNOWN ICING ALOFT. ICED UP EN ROUTE STALLED AND SPUN IN.

## 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 LAX89FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89FA082), Jan 10, 1989: Beech 35-B33 (N8974M), Ripon, CA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: CONTINUED FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO KNOWN ICING CONDITIONS AND STRUCTURAL (WING) ICING, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY RESULTED IN AN UNCONTROLLED STALL. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE ICING CONDITION.

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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