# Accident 20200620005879A: Beech 77, Elizabethton, TN, June 20, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2020, 07:20 local time
- Place: Elizabethton, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4069° N, 82.0211° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4069&lon=-82.0211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3815Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3815Z-2022-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 77 (registry code 1153007, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-77) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 77
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 48 total, 48 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20CA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA222) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200620005879A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 20, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED KMOR FOR KPHF WITH A PASSENGER ON BOARD. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ENCOUNTERED IMC CONDITIONS. ONCE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CLEARED THE IMC CONDITIONS, A MOUNTAIN WAS VISIBLE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HIM.

## 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 ERA20CA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA222), Jun 20, 2020: Beech 77 (N3815Z), Elizabethton, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's decision to continue from visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a collision with trees and mountainous terrain.

## Other reports on N3815Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19880906060599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880906060599I), Sep 6, 1988: Beech 77 (N3815Z), Des Moines, IA, Minor damage. Too low and slow on final while practicing landings. Stalled, nose hit hard and propeller tips were damaged.

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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