- Date
- May 20, 1989, 00:37 local (05:37 UTC)
- Place
- Russellville, KY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6863QBeech S35
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890520012359A
- Case key
- 7892
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot, his continued flight into an area of known adverse weather, and his failure to maintain control of the aircraft. Contibuting factors were: the dark night, the adverse weather conditions, and the pilot's overconfidence in himself and his aircraft.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6863Q
- Reported as
- Beech S35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-7478
- Airframe hours
- 6,484
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- T. Haas, Sr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 30, 1988 · 161 hours before
- Departed
- SFB · Sanford, FL
- Destination
- STL · St Louis, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 370 total · 54 in this make and model · 215 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 57 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BWG, 21 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.