- Date
- July 17, 1992, 17:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Escanaba, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3488BBeech E35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920717026629A
- Case key
- 15497
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Probable cause
The pilot's decision to fly into known adverse weather conditions.
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
Pilot on VFR cross country flight encountered heavy precipitation between his airplane and his destination. While maneuvering to circumnavigate the precipitation, he saw a break between two cells. Severe turbulence was encountered when he flew between the cells. Structural damage to the empennage of the airplane was discovered after landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3488B
- Reported as
- Beech E35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D3709
- Airframe hours
- 6,039
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David C. Lee
- Registered owner
- David C. Lee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 7, 1992 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- 3CK · Lake-In-Hills, IL
- Destination
- ESC · Escanaba, MI
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,965 total · 255 in this make and model · 1,807 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.