- Date
- February 22, 1984, 20:10 local (Feb 23, 1984, 02:10 UTC)
- Place
- Hamilton, AL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1034WBeech A36
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840222004239A
- Case key
- 6258
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Analysis
The acft collided with trees aprx 6 miles east of marion cty arpt and aprx 17 NM sw of the flt depat pt and also the plt's home arpt. The plt had earlier that day told the haleyville arpt mgr that he would return to haleyville the same day as dept. The acc site is aprx 17 NM. Sw of the haleyville arpt. The outbound flt had dept at aprx 1720 bound for jackson Ms. Dept from jackson took place at 1904 CST with a dest of birmingham, AL named on the ATC dept strip. Witnesses saw the acft maneuvering at low alt in the vicinity of the Hamilton arpt just prior to the crash. The wx was described by these same witnesses as foggy with drizzle and a visibility of 1/2 to 3/4 mile. There is no wx reporting facility at himilton. Wx shown of this report is for muscle shoals, 40 nmi away and also birmingham al and tupelo Ms. Post acc invest revelaed evidence that the auto plt heading mode was being used at time of acc. The vacuum pump had sheared prior to eng stoppage. The pump had logged 730 operational hrs since installation in 1978.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1034W
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E 405
- Airframe hours
- 1,923
- Engine
- TGM IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Earl L. Mitchell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 21, 1983 · 126 hours before
- Departed
- JAN · Jackson, MS
- Airport
- HAB · Hamilton/Marion Co.
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 60° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSL, 40 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.