# Accident 19940129023929A: Beech V35A, Leesburg, FL, January 29, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1994, 09:30 local time
- Place: Leesburg, FL
- Airport: Leesburg Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8146° N, 81.7949° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8146&lon=-81.7949&mi=10
- Aircraft: N599LG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N599LG-2013-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35A (registry code 1151544, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,023 total, 1,440 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA94LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940129023929A

## Narrative

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

CALLED A DUAL FLIGHT. THROW OVER YOKE. ENCOUNTERED FOG BANK. CFI SAFETY PILOT RIGHT SEAT. FLEW INTO A LAKE.

## 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 MIA94LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA063), Jan 29, 1994: Beech 35 (N599LG), Leesburg, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S POOR EVALUATION OF THE WEATHER AND FAILURE TO REMAIN IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, RESULTING IN AN IN-FLIGHT COLLISION WITH WATER.

## Other reports on N599LG (1)

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

- [Incident 19920512019679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920512019679I), May 12, 1992: Beech V35A (N599LG), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. Pilot inadvertently retracted landing gear instead of flaps on a landing rollout.

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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