- Date
- July 12, 1990, 18:39 local (22:39 UTC)
- Place
- Disputanta, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9726YBeech P35
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900712025669A
- Case key
- 11551
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Probable cause
The pilot's indequate inflight decision which resulted in flight into adverse weather condition. Contributing to the accident was thunderstorms and the pilot exceeding the design limits of the airplane.
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 pilot was deviating around level 4 thunderstorms when the accident occurred. He was flying north at an altitude of 10,000 feet when he radioed ATC and advised that he was having a hard time maintaining altitude. Shortly afterward, ATC lost radio and radar contact with the airplane. The airplane crashed in a wooded area and wreckage was strewn over a mile. The left wing and right stabilator separated from the airplane. The examination of the airplane did not disclose evidence of mechancial malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9726Y
- Reported as
- Beech P35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D7125
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-N, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- T & T Machine Company
- Registered owner
- T & T Machine Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1990
- Departed
- NC95 · Mount Holy, NC
- Destination
- 4G7 · Fairmont, WV
- 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
- 27
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 985 total · 945 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- 280° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.