CEN27FA038

NTSB accident investigation · Beech H35 · Deenwood, GA · November 6, 2026

Accident · FatalClass 3 · FieldInvestigation open
Date
November 6, 2026, 11:15 local (16:15 UTC)
Place
Deenwood, GA
Injuries
1 fatal
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N5445DBeech H35
Defining event
Takeoff: Unknown or undetermined
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Investigation ongoing
Investigation class
Class 3
NTSB office
Central Region
Case key
204136

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
N5445D
Reported as
Beech H35
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Registered owner
Labtech Expert LLC
Equipment
Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display, Stall warning system

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.

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
270° at 11 knots, gusting 18
Observed at
1 nm away

Other investigations on N5445D · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.