- Date
- June 2, 1986, 10:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Elizabethtown, KY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3001SBeech 95-B55
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860602020659A
- Case key
- 6945
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Analysis
Acft observed in level flt in IMC just below EST 500 foot ovc. EST viz about 3/4 mi. Lt wing struck 15/16 inch dia steel guy cable 534 feet AGL shearing outer 118 in. Acft impacted earth fill dam 1169 ft from 650 feet tall tv antenna. Tower. Top of tower obscured by clouds. Plt had dep airport 63 NM west just after the wx at the dep fld reached VFR minimums.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3001S
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-797
- Airframe hours
- 6,865
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-E2B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Byron O. Ratliff
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 12, 1985 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- OWB · Owensboro, KY
- Destination
- I98 · Elizabethtown, KY
- Airport
- I98 · Elizabethtown
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 862 total · 64 in this make and model · 737 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3001S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.