# Accident 20071220832089A: Beech V35B, Springfield, IL, December 20, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2007, 15:30 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Abraham Lincoln Capital
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7364° N, 89.8044° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7364&lon=-89.8044&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17784, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17784-2011-11-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-BA (registry code 17230, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-ba) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08FA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071220832089A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  WHILE ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN AND IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, N17784 WAS BEING RADAR VECTORED BY SPRINGFIELD ATC FOR THE FINAL APPROACH COURSE TO RUNWAY 4 AT THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN CAPTIAL AIRPORT IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.  APPROXIMATELY 7-10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOST FROM RADAR CONTACT AFTER THE PILOT AND RADIOED THE ATC TOWER CONTROLLER THAT HE HAD EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM.  NO OTHER RADIO CONTACT WAS HEARD FROM N17784 AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND SHORTLY AFTERWARD IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND NEARLY VERTICAL AND THE THREE INDIVIDUALS ONBOARD SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  THE PILOT HEAD A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH AN INSTRUMENT-AIRPLANE RATING.

## 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 CHI08FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08FA053), Dec 20, 2007: Beech V35B (N17784), Springfield, IL, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of control during an instrument approach due to spatial disorientation.

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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