- Date
- January 22, 1986, 14:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Anniston, AL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7948KBeech 95-B55
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860122001119A
- Case key
- 6921
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft was observed flying through the base of the low level cloud layer prior to its impact on the side of a mountain. The plt was not instrument rated, had not filed a flt plan nor obtained a wx briefing. The impact point was several hundred ft below the max elevation figure shown on the aeronautical chart for the section in which he was flying.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7948K
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-809
- Engine
- Continental I0-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- C. L. Sanson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 3R8 · Natchitoches, LA
- Destination
- FTY · Atlanta, GA
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 76 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ANB, 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.