# Accident 19971203041249A: Beech G35, Pascagoula, MS, December 3, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1997, 08:42 local time
- Place: Pascagoula, MS
- Airport: Trent Lott International Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4628° N, 88.5292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRENT LOTT INTL (PQL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4628&lon=-88.5292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4404D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4404D-2017-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech G35 (registry code 1151516, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH G35
- Reported engine: CONT E2258
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 425 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98FAMS1) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971203041249A

## Narrative

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

DISAPPEARED OFF RADAR DURING VECTORS AROUND WEATHER OFF CAOST OF GULFPORT. PASSENGER BODY RECOVERED IN GULF. (-23) WHILE OPERATING UNDER VFR PILOT REQUESTED AN IFR CLEARANCE. AIRCRAFT WS 45 MILES EAST OF GULFPORT AT 8,500 FEET MSL. AFTER RECEIVING CLEARANCE AIRCRAFT DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR. NO DISTRESS CALL RECEIVED FROM PILOT.

## 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 MIA98FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98FAMS1), Dec 3, 1997: Beech G35 (N4404D), Missing, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: undetermined.

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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