- Date
- February 15, 1983, 19:55 local (Feb 16, 1983, 01:55 UTC)
- Place
- Sioux Falls, SD
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8478NBeech V35A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830215005749A
- Case key
- 16020
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During an ILS approach to rwy 3 the acft collided with 50 ft powerlines 3 mi sw of the arpt. The acft then collided witha mobile home & pickup truck. Half of the 60 ft mobile home & the truck were destroyed. Minimum altitude at the lim, located 5.2 mi from the mm, is 3,334 ft MSL. Minimum altitude at marey intersection, located 0.9 mi from the mm, is 1,900 ft MSL. Ground elevation at the wreckage site was 1,420 ft MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8478N
- Reported as
- Beech V35A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-8805
- Airframe hours
- 3,062
- Engine
- Continental I0520-BA2, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Clinton L. Clark
- Registered owner
- Sioux Falls Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 6, 1983 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- Y19 · Nandam, ND
- Destination
- FSD · Sioux Falls, SD
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FSD · Joe Foss Field, runway 3, 8,999 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 40 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Temperature
- 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FSD, 38 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.