- Date
- August 24, 1985, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Clarksburg, WV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6975RBeech C23
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850824043859A
- Case key
- 6862
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot ran into less than VFR weather and turned around and attempted to make an airport. He became boxed in by weather all around and attempted to land on the highway. He did not make a pss over his intended landing area. When he was on short final, a car pulled out of a side road ahead of him. He pulled up and hit some power transmission lines with the right wing. He crash landed on the road and slid into the guard rail. The arcraft caught fire and was destroyed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6975R
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-1586
- Airframe hours
- 3,581
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4J, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- C.M. Collins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 5, 1985 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- 4G7 · Fairmont, WV
- Destination
- 3G6 · Canton, OH
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 141 total · 25 in this make and model · 121 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CKB, 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.