# Accident 19941204040349A: Beech C23, Statesboro, GA, December 4, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1994, 00:45 local time
- Place: Statesboro, GA
- Airport: Statesboro Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4401° N, 81.7697° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4401&lon=-81.7697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9790L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9790L-1997-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 52 total, 52 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL95FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL95FA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941204040349A

## Narrative

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

INTOXICATED FATIGUED PILOT DEPARTED INTO LOW CLOUDS AND FOG AT NIGHT. DESCENDED INTO TREES AND BURNED.

## 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 ATL95FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL95FA023), Dec 4, 1994: Beech C23 (N9790L), Statesboro, GA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPAIRMENT OF JUDGMENT AND PERFORMANCE DUE TO ALCOHOL, IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION, FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE/CLEARANCE FROM WOODED…

## Other reports on N9790L (1)

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

- [Accident 19860314006739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860314006739A), Mar 14, 1986: Beech C23 (N9790L), Lake Wales, FL, Substantial damage. Landed long on a wet grass runway with a quartering tailwind. Had nil braking. Went off runway end into a lake.

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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