# Accident 20050808019079A: Beech V35B, Ellijay, GA, August 8, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2005, 11:00 local time
- Place: Ellijay, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6175° N, 84.1925° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6175&lon=-84.1925&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1212V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1212V-2017-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05FA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05FA142) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050808019079A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N1212V CRASHED INTO MOUNTAIN MONDAY 8/8/2005 NEAR SPRINGER MOUNTAIN GA. THE PILOT RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING AND FILED A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WITH THE RDU FSS. THE PILOT WAS INFORMED THE VFR WAS NOT RECOMMENDED BY THE FSS BRIEFER. LOW OVERCAST, HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORECASTED AND ACTIVE ALONG THE ROUTE OF FLIGHT. THE PILOT WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. JUST MOMENTS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT THE AIRCRAFT WAS SPOTTED BY A RETIRED GEORGIA STATE TROOPER PILOT. THE STATE TROOPER WHO LIVES CLOSE TO THE ACCIDENT SCENE STATED THE CLOUDS APPEARED BELOW 3000 FEET WITH THUNDERSTORMS ALL AROUND. THE TROOPER SAW THE AIRCRAFT IN AND OUT OF THE CLOUDS WITH THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE FUNCTIONING NORMALLY. (-23 AMENDMENT) THE PILOT HAD HIS LOGBOOK WITH HIM WHICH BURNED ALONG WITH THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ATL05FA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05FA142), Aug 8, 2005: Beech V35B (N1212V), Ellijay, GA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued cruise flight under visual flight rules into known adverse weather, which resulted in his loss of control of the airplane due to spatial disorientation, and an uncontrolled…

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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