# Accident 20240720010649A: Beech A35, Gustavus, AK, July 20, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2024, 14:21 local time
- Place: Gustavus, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.6585° N, 137.1325° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.6585&lon=-137.1325&mi=10
- Aircraft: N410B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N410B) (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
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 27,610 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC24LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240720010649A

## Narrative

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

ADS-B DATA SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT TRACK ENDING AT APPROX 10800' MSL, NEAR THE TOP OF MT CRILLON. CFIT SUSPECTED. NEAREST WEATHER REPORT WAS PAGS. AT THE TIME AIRCRAFT PASSED PAGS, APPROX 2135UTC, METAR WAS 10SM, BKN006, TEMP/DP 18/16, RAE07. NORMAL ADIABATIC LAPSE RATE PUTS FREEZING LEVEL AT ABOUT 9000' MSL. AIRCRAFT NOT CERTIFIED FOR FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ICING CONDITIONS.

## 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 ANC24LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA069), Jul 20, 2024: Beech A35 (N410B), Gustavus, AK, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to continue the visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.

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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