# Accident 19890309003409A: Beech S35, Daytona Beach, FL, March 9, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1989, 13:37 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Daytona Beach Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1432° N, 81.1482° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1432&lon=-81.1482&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6852Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6852Q-2014-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 510 total, 10 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA89FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89FA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890309003409A

## Narrative

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

WAS UNABLE TO PERFORM THE ILS APPROACH AND ASR WAS PROVIDED BY ATC. CRASHED INTO TREES. PILOT NOT IFR CURRENT.

## 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 MIA89FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89FA100), Mar 9, 1989: Beech S35 (N6852Q), Daytona Beach, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER IFR PROCEDURE AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: HIS IMPROPER USE OF THE NAVIGATION RECEIVER, HIS DELAY IN MAKING A MISSED APCH, HIS LACK OF…

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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