# NTSB ATL84FA090: Beech 23, N6141N, Loris, SC, February 2, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: February 1, 1984, 21:36 local (Feb 2, 1984, 02:36 UTC)
- Place: Loris, SC
- Coordinates: 34.049472, -78.890411 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0495&lon=-78.8904&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6250
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84FA090
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6250/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FA090

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, cruise
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - exhaust system - leak (cause)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command
  - physical impairment(carbon monoxide), pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - unsafe/hazardous condition - not identified, pilot in command
  - aircraft handling - uncontrolled, pilot in command
  - incapacitation(carbon monoxide), pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE ESTIMATED TIME OF TAKEOFF WAS ABOUT 1930 EST. THE ROUTE OF FLT BEFORE 2000 EST WAS NOT KNOWN. AT APRX 2005, THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE WAS UNSURE OF HIS POSITION. SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE ACFT WAS IDENTIFIED OVER A MILITARY FIRING RANGE. THE PLT WAS VECTORED FROM THE RANGE TOWARD OCEAN ISLE, NC. AT 2052, THE PLT ACKNOWLEDGED INSTRUCTIONS TO CHANGE TO MYRTLE BEACH APCH CONTROL FREQ, BUT HE DID NOT CONTACT APCH CONTROL. SUBSEQUENTLY, A FEMALE PASSENGER RADIOED THAT THE PLT WAS UNCONSCIOUS & THAT THEY WERE LOST. ATC & THE PLT OF ANOTHER ACFT TRIED TO ASSIST, BUT THE PASSENGER WAS EXTREMELY EXCITED & COMMUNICATION WITH HER WAS VERY DIFFICULT. THE PLT OF THE OTHER ACFT THOUGHT HE HEARD A MALE VOICE IN THE BACKGROUND STATE 'GIVE ME SOME AIR.' SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT CRASHED (AT NIGHT) WHILE IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN. SLIGHTLY INVERTED, R WING LOW ATTITUDE. TOXICOLOGICAL TESTS SHOWED THAT THE PLT & 3 PASSENGERS HAD THE FOLLOWING CARBON MONOXIDE LEVELS: 24%, 22%, 35% & 44%. THE EXACT POSITION OF A CARBON MONOXIDE LEAK WAS NOT FOUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6141N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M-1224
- Airframe hours: 1470
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A2G 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Beech 180 Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 5, 1983, 125 hours before
- Departed: HVS, HARTSVILLE, SC
- Destination: 60J, OCEAN ISLE, NC

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 160 total, 131 in this make and model, 133 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 30 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MYR, 22 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 19840201002979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840201002979A), Feb 1, 1984: Beech B23BEECH, Loris, SC, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Crashed out of control after passenger reported pilot incapacitated. Found high level of carbon monoxide in victim.

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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