- Date
- November 26, 1986, 17:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Winston-Salem, NC
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9592YBeech 35-B33
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861126067989A
- Case key
- 7268
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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 flt departed rochester, NY, and received and IFR clearance. The flt and ATC handling were normal. The plt was cleared for the ILS rwy 33 apch to Winston-Salem, NC. The flt was established on the final apch but collided with trees about 2 miles southeast of the arpt. The wreckage examination failed to disclose any acft failures or malfunctions. Both the acft and crew wre properly certified and current for this flt. The reported wx minimums for this apch are 200 ft ceiling and 1/2 mile vis. The wx was at minimums. The apch facilities were operating normally. The plt failed to maintain the glide slope profile throughout the apch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9592Y
- Reported as
- Beech 35-B33
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CD-578
- Airframe hours
- 3,325
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-K, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Grossair Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 17, 1986
- Departed
- Rochester, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- INT · Simth Reynolds, runway 33, 6,655 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,432 total · 43 in this make and model · 1,353 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 7 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- INT, 2 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.
Other investigations on N9592Y · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.