# Accident 20171220023639A: Beech G35, Hines, FL, December 20, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2017, 19:00 local time
- Place: Hines, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7778° N, 83.2258° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7778&lon=-83.2258&mi=10
- Aircraft: N354WD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N354WD-2019-09-06) (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 MOTOR E225-8
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,713 total, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18FA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171220023639A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 22, 2017, AT 1005 EST A BEECH G35, N354WD, WAS FOUND IN A HEAVILY WOODED NON-POPULATED AREA IN HINES, FL. THERE WAS NO RECORD OF A FLIGHT PLAN BEING FILED. WEATHER HISTORY REFLECTED NIGHTTIME CONDITIONS EXISTED AND INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULE (IFR) CEILINGS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE IFR CONDITIONS WERE NOT FORECASTED AND NO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ADVISORIES WERE IN-EFFECT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE CERTIFICATED PIC SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT GUNTERSVILLE MUNICIPLE AIRPORT, ALABAMBA (8A1) AT APROXIMATELY 1400 CST.

## 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 ERA18FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18FA056), Dec 21, 2017: Beech G35 (N354WD), Cross City, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to continue visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the pilot experiencing spatial disorientation and a subsequent loss…

## Other reports on N354WD (1)

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

- [Incident 20110722014149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110722014149I), Jul 22, 2011: Beech G35 (N354WD), Perry, GA, Minor damage. Forgot to extend landing gear for landing.

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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