- Date
- May 20, 1984, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Tulsa, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4239DBeech G35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840520061619A
- Case key
- 21121
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A witness stated it appeared as though the plt was attempting to perform a precautionary landing on a highway. As the acft reached the highway, the witness heard the engine accelerate to 'full power' and saw the acft pull up. The acft contacted the top static wire of a 125 ft high power line located aprx 100 yards west of the highway. The acft tumbled and impacted in an open field 588 ft from the point of wire impact. No mechanical failures/malfunctions were found during the investigation. Autopsy revealed evidence that the plt had suffered a subendocardial myocardical infraction some time before the accident. It also revealed severe cardiovascular and coronary disease with vessel wall occlusion of up to 90%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4239D
- Reported as
- Beech G35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D4452
- Airframe hours
- 4,011
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Clifford L. Jones
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 14, 1984 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- TUL · Tulsa, OK
- Destination
- TUL · Tulsa, OK
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
- 71
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,787 total · 62 in this make and model · 2,600 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUL, 12 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.