- Date
- October 20, 1982, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lexington, SC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9143TBeech B-23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821020054529A
- Case key
- 71423
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The aircraft crashed in a corn field shortly after takeoff. The aircraft was owned by the pilot who was fatally injured in the accident. The weather was VMC and no system malfunction could be found. The aircraft was seen flying at low altitude prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9143T
- Reported as
- Beech B-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M1157
- Airframe hours
- 1,747
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A26, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Micheal T. Bachman
- Registered owner
- Micheal T. Bachman
- Departed
- Lexington, SC
- Destination
- Columbia, SC
- Airport
- Falcon Airport, runway 27, 2,800 × 100 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 125 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 32 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.