# NTSB ATL83FA163: Beech V35B, N9394Q, Frisco, NC, April 16, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 15, 1983, 20:58 local (Apr 16, 1983, 01:58 UTC)
- Place: Frisco, NC
- Coordinates: 35.239933, -75.580894 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2399&lon=-75.5809&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5905
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83FA163
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5905/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83FA163

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway edge lights - unavailable (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - go-around - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper climb rate - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE DESTINATION ARPT WAS UNLIGHTED & WAS CLOSED FROM 30 MIN AFTER SUNSET UNTIL 30 MIN BEFORE SUNRISE. PRIOR TO THE FLT, THE PLT MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR SOMEONE TO TAKE HIS CAR TO THE DESTINATION ARPT & PARK IT WITH THE HEADLIGHTS TURNED ON AT THE APCH END OF RWY 06. THE ACFT ARRIVED AFTER DARK. THE PERSON THAT BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE ARPT, REPORTED THAT THE PLT MADE SEVERAL LOW APCHS TO RWY 06. EACH TIME, THE PLT EXECUTED A GO-AROUND. THE WITNESS NOTED THAT THE SOUTHWEST WIND WAS "ROCKING THE PLANE AROUND QUITE A BIT," THAT THE ACFT WAS NOT LINED UP VERY WELL, & THAT THE THERE WAS A STRONG X-WIND COMPONENT FROM THE QUARTERING TAIL WIND. AFTER ABOUT THE 7TH APPROACH, THE ACFT DRIFTED RIGHT OF THE RWY & LOST ALTITUDE DURING THE GO-AROUND; THEN HIT A POWER LINE, CRASHED & BURNED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9394Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9394Q-2014-11-24), registration cancelled 2014-11-24, S/N D-9162, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Registry model: [Beech V35B](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (registry code 1151548) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-9162
- Airframe hours: 2119
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-BA8 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Gulfstream Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, May 29, 1982
- Departed: ORF, NORFOLK, VA
- Airport: 8W5, Billy Mitchell Field, runway 6, 3,000 × 76 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 1,207 total, 1,065 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 190° at 17 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 149 °F, dew point 133 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: HAT, 8 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830415016119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830415016119A), Apr 15, 1983: Beech V35B, Frisco, NC, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Pilot was attempting to land on unlighted airport. Airplane hit wires and crashed during aborted landing.

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.

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