- Date
- June 4, 1986, 13:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Marietta, OK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1835WBeech A36TC
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860604021359A
- Case key
- 16827
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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 plt obtained a wx briefing and was advised of scattered thunderstorm activity along his route of flt. The plt then filed an IFR flt plan from wiley post airport, Oklahoma city, OK, to houston intercontinental airport, TX. The plt and his wife took off at 1235. The acft climbed to its assigned alt of 11,000 ft MSL and proceeded routinely until 1310 when ARTCC told the plt to contact fort worth center. The plt acknwledged but never contacted the center. Radar contact was lost at 1319. Witnesses reported hearing a loud explosion and observing wreckage falling from the sky. Witness observations and wx radar confirm there was a thunderstorm just north of the crash site through which the acft flew. Wreckage examination revealed the horizontal stabilizers failed negatively and separated from the acft. Both wings then failed negatively and separated from the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1835W
- Reported as
- Beech A36TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- EA260
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-UB, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joseph H. Short
- Registered owner
- Joseph H. Short
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 18, 1985
- Departed
- PWA · Oklahoma City, OK
- Destination
- IAH · Houston, TX
- 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
- 74
- 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
- 3,007 total · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ADM, 20 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.