- Date
- November 29, 1985, 12:13 local (18:13 UTC)
- Place
- Odell, IL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3807ZBeech BE 36
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851129058359A
- Case key
- 13233
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Analysis
The plt departed on an IFR flight into known icing conditions after receiving three complete weather briefings clearly indicating the icing conditions with numerous plt reports of icing. Aprx 40 minutes after departure the plt reported he had about an inch of ice on the leading edge of the wings. Ten minutes later while being vectored to kankakee airport, communication was lost. An overflying airliner heard him transmit 'he was over farmland and was picking a spot.' The wreckage was spotted by a passing motorist shortly thereafter.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3807Z
- Reported as
- Beech BE 36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-1794
- Engine
- Continental IO-520BB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Eugene Bouska, doing business as Holiday Airways
- Registered owner
- Marcello Virgili
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 06C · Schaumburg, IL
- Destination
- FSM · Fort Smith, AR
- 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 3 in this make and model · 33 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 7 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BMI, 36 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.