# Accident 20080530837419A: Beech A35, Americus, GA, May 30, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2008, 18:35 local time
- Place: Americus, GA
- Airport: Souther Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0742° N, 84.2226° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Americus, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0742&lon=-84.2226&mi=10
- Aircraft: N546B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N546B-2009-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A35 (registry code 1151504, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A35
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080530837419A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 23 AT THE SOUTHER AIRPORT AND CLIMBED TO AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET WHEN IT APPEARED TO HAVE LEVELED OFF.  THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO BANK TO THE LEFT, SLOWLY AT FIRST UNTIL EXCEEDING AT 45 DEGREE BANK WHEN IT BEGAN TO BANK AGGRESSIVELY TO THE LEFT AND DESCEND UNTIL IMPACTING THE GROUND.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N546B (1)

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

- [Incident 20070612016549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070612016549I), Jun 12, 2007: Beech A35 (N546B), Muscle Shoals, AL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated on takeoff while still in ground effect, aircraft drifted to the left of runway, touched down on grass and rolled into and out of a ditch.…

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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