# Accident 19891001037319A: Beech V35B, Colquitt, GA, October 1, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 1989, 12:00 local time
- Place: Colquitt, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.1732° N, 84.7324° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colquitt, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1732&lon=-84.7324&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4277A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4277A-2013-10-31) (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 IO520B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 490 total, 270 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL90LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90LA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891001037319A

## Narrative

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

BOXED IN BY WALL OF CLOUDS AND HEAVY RAIN. ELECTED LAND ON A ROAD,HIT WIRES,SEVERED RIGHT MAIN. VEERED INTO DITCH.

## 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 ATL90LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90LA002), Oct 1, 1989: Beech V35B (N4277A), Colquitt, GA, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO OBTAIN CURRENT ENROUTE WEATHER INFORMATION FOR HIS DESTINATION RESULTING IN HIS FLYING VMC INTO IMC CONDITIONS WHICH RESULTED IN HIS COLLISION WITH POWERLINES WHILE MAKING A…

## Other reports on N4277A (2)

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

- [Accident 19780607020299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780607020299A), Jun 7, 1978: Beech V35B (N4277A), Lake Wales, FL, Destroyed. Became airborne after tkof aborted.
- [Accident 19731202038279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731202038279A), Dec 2, 1973: Beech V35B (N4277A), White Plains, NY, Substantial damage. Due acft on rwy 11 plt declared ldg rwy 34 t/d short of rwy skidded on turf lost nose,r main gr.

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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