- Date
- June 25, 1987, 17:21 local (21:21 UTC)
- Place
- Augusta, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2334ABeech V35A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870625026549A
- Case key
- 7304
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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 plt ctcd apch ctl for radar svc & wx info. The destn arpt had hvy rain & thunderstorm activity, but the plt rprtd he had the arpt in sight. Radar svc was terminated & the plt began a visual apch. Witnesses rprtd the visibility dropped to 1/2 mi in hvy rain. They saw the acft land long & 'a little fast' & said it seemed to fishtail & was not decelerating sufficiently. Subsequently, the plt initiated a go-around, but the acft hit the top rail of a chain link fence, then it struck svrl trees & crashed. No preimpact mechanical malfunction or failure of the acft or eng was found. Both main tires had signatures of reverted rubber.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2334A
- Reported as
- Beech V35A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D9041
- Airframe hours
- 4,244
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Allgood Healthcard,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Allgood Healthcare, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 8, 1986 · 62 hours before
- Departed
- PDK · Atlanta, GA
- Airport
- DNL · Daniel Field, runway 23, 3,877 × 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 20,998 total · 20,800 as pilot in command · 142 in the last 90 days · 43 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.