- Date
- December 18, 1985, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wibaux, MT
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N24198Beech V-35B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851218062949A
- Case key
- 16903
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Analysis
The plt stated that light snow was falling at the arpt at the time of departure. The pax stated after the accident that the plt encountered clouds at their cruise alt of about 6000 ft. he continued to state that the acft made a shallow descent at first encounter with the clouds but became very steep several times during the descent. The acft broke out of the clouds and impacted the snow covered field at a high rate of descent and airspeed. The plt did not perform a preflight inspection of the acft, he did not deice the acft prior to departure and he does not hold an instrument rating.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24198
- Reported as
- Beech V-35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D10112
- Airframe hours
- 1,465
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- William Hart
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 13, 1985 · 187 hours before
- Departed
- 2OU · Beech, ND
- Destination
- B1L · Billings, MT
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,968 total · 1,512 in this make and model · 1,906 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 330° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.