# NTSB FTW84FA122: Beech 77, N3829D, Fritch, TX, January 27, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 27, 1984, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Fritch, TX
- Coordinates: 35.639266, -101.589538 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6393&lon=-101.5895&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21102
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84FA122
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21102/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84FA122

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, unknown
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT DEPARTED ON 1/27/84 AND FAILED TO RETURN FROM A 2 HOUR LOCAL FLT. TIME OF DEPARTURE WAS 1330 CST. ON 1/28/84, AFISHERMAN ON LAKE MEREDITH FOUND AN ACFT WHEEL FLOATING IN THE WATER. THIS WHEEL WAS LATER FOUND TO HAVE THE SAME PART NUMBERS AND PAINT AS THE MISSING ACFT. ON 1/29/84, A JACKET WAS FOUND FLOATING IN THE LAKE NEAR WHERE THE WHEEL WAS ORIGINALLY SIGHTED. THE PLT OWNED A SIMILIAR JACKET. SEARCH EFFECTS AND DIVE TEAMS WERE USED FROM 1/28 TO 2/2 WITHOUT SUCCESS. THERE WERE NO KNOWN WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3829D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3829D-2013-07-09), registration cancelled 2013-07-09, S/N WA-229, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 77
- Registry model: [Beech 77](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-77) (registry code 1153007) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: WA-229
- Airframe hours: 310
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Chaparral Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, December 12, 1983, 8 hours before
- Departed: TDW, AMARILLO, TX

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 270 total, 5 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 16 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: AMA, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840127001659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840127001659A), Jan 27, 1984: Beech 77, Fritch, TX, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Aircraft wheel found floating in lake. Pilot had been known to skip wheels on lake. Wreckage, and bodies not found. Amended date: 06/13/2008 on January…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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