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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech P35BEECH · Disputanta, VA · July 12, 1990

Date
July 12, 1990 · 18:39 local
Place
Disputanta, VA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9726Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBBFO90FA063
Reported as
Beech P35BEECH
Reported engine
Continental IO470N
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
985 total

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.

Flew into area of thunderstorms lost control and came apart in air. No weather briefing for return portion of trip.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS LOST CONTROL AND CAME APART IN AIR. NO WEATHER BRIEFING FOR RETURN PORTION OF TRIP.

NTSB investigation

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