- Date
- October 11, 1986, 01:30 local (05:30 UTC)
- Place
- Meldrim, GA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N60BLBeech A-23-24
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861011048599A
- Case key
- 7258
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot flight planned a total time enroute of 2HRS. 45 min. The aircraft fuel endurance was four hours. The pilot used about 1 hr. 15 min. Attempting to complete an instrument procedure. Sav was VFR throughout the entire flight and prior to the accident. The pilot had performed erratically throughout the flt, by not maintaining assigned headings and tracking enroute to savannah. This behavior was also displayed during the conduct of the approach procedure. The eng lost power during the approach and the acft collided with a power line during the forced lndg. Post accident exam revealed that the acft had run out of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60BL
- Reported as
- Beech A-23-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MA241
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360A2B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas B. Polanski
- Registered owner
- William Lazarus
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1986 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- Elizabeth City, NC
- Destination
- SAV · Savannah, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SAV · Savannah, runway 27, 9,003 × 150 ft
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 646 total · 9 in this make and model · 532 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 40° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAV, 10 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.