# Accident 20041025026729A: Beech P35, Aiken, SC, October 25, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2004, 08:30 local time
- Place: Aiken, SC
- Airport: Aiken Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6464° N, 81.7114° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6464&lon=-81.7114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32AB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32AB-2007-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech P35 (registry code 1151530, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-p35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH P35
- Reported engine: CONT IO470N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 26,000 total, 2,528 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05FA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041025026729A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 25, 2004, VINCENT STANLEY GORANSKY, AN ATP PILOT, WAS OPERATING N32AB, ON A FAR PART 91 FLIGHT FROM SPARTANBURG, SC TO AIKEN SC. ATC CLEARED AIRCRAFT FOR A GPS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 06 AT AIK. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED 3/4 MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY POST CRASH FIRE AND THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 ATL05FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05FA011), Oct 25, 2004: Beech BE-P35 (N32AB), Aiken, SC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to follow IFR procedures, and continued flight below the minimum descent altitude and collided with trees.

## Other reports on N32AB (1)

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

- [Incident 19921220051679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921220051679I), Dec 20, 1992: Beech 35BEECH (N32AB), Toledo, OH, Minor damage. Total electrical failure inflight. Landing gear collapsed on rollout. Field wire connection to alternator broke.

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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