19900317004609A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech A23 · Fordyce, AR · March 17, 1990

Date
March 17, 1990 · 10:50 local
Place
Fordyce, AR
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3520R
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC90LA066
Reported as
Beech A23
Reported engine
Continental IO346A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,248 total476 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Mentally disturbed passenger turned off ignition and threw keys out window and fought controls. Crashed in trees.

As the FAA filed it

MENTALLY DISTURBED PASSENGER TURNED OFF IGNITION AND THREW KEYS OUT WINDOW AND FOUGHT CONTROLS. CRASHED IN TREES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.