- Date
- October 9, 1985, 10:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- Fillmore, UT
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3339VBeech 35
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851009049729A
- Case key
- 16870
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Analysis
The plt departed delta, UT on a VFR x-c flt after being advised by fss that VFR was not recommended due to IMC conditions on the proposed route of flt. He flew into an area of rising terrain, encountered IMC wx conditions, attempted to reverse course and collided with the terrain.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3339V
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-802
- Airframe hours
- 2,816
- Engine
- Continental E-185-11-8, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Terry D. Wallace
- Registered owner
- Wallace D. Lemaster
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1984 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- DTA · Delta, CO
- Destination
- L67 · Rialto, CA
- Airport
- U19 · Fillmore
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 160 total · 160 in this make and model · 120 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 7 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 34 °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.