# NTSB ATL83LLQ01: Beech 35, N188CB, Hazard, KY, October 4, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: October 4, 1982, 05:23 local (10:23 UTC)
- Place: Hazard, KY
- Location: 37.2605° N, 83.1982° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hazard, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2605&lon=-83.1982&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report October 4, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70991
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LLQ01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70991/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LLQ01

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, takeoff - initial climb
  - weather condition - windshear (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, takeoff - initial climb
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRPORT WAS LOCATED IN A VALLEY, AND DUE TO THE TERRAIN, IT WAS NECESSARY TO TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 17 WITH A QUARTERING LEFT TAIL WIND. HE REPORTED THAT A MOUNTAIN WAS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE (TO THE RIGHT) AS WELL AS POWER LINES AND OTHER HAZARDS. REPORTEDLY, THE AIRCRAFT WAS MANEUVERED 200 FT LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE AS IT WAS CONFIGURED FOR A CLIMB. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AT ABOUT 500 FT AGL, HE ENCOUNTERED WIND SHEAR OR A DOWNDRAFT, THE AIRSPEED DROPPED FROM 110 TO JUST UNDER 90 MPH AND SOME ALTITUDE WAS LOST. REPORTEDLY, HE APPLIED FULL POWER, THEN REALIZED HE HAD BECOME TEMPORARILY DISORIENTED WHEN HE SAW THAT HIS HEADING HAD CHANGED 20 DEG TO THE LEFT. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE SITUATION, THE PLANE STRUCK SEVERAL TREES, THEN HIT THE GROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N188CB](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N188CB-1982-12-18), registration cancelled 1982-12-18, S/N D-5611 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35
- Registry model: [Beech J35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-j35) (registry code 1151522) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-5611
- Airframe hours: 3347
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Frnklin Boggs
- Registered owner: Frnklin Boggs
- Departed: HAZARD, KY
- Destination: C, CHARLOTTE, NC
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: Hazard, runway 17, 2,300 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 2,800 total, 830 in this make and model, 2,696 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 45° at 7 knots
- Temperature: 135 °F

## 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 19821004050849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821004050849A), Oct 4, 1982: Beech J35, Hazard, KY, Substantial damage. Pilot made takeoff in fog conditions and flew aircraft into mountain during climb out.

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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