- Date
- January 16, 1981
- Place
- Casa Grande, AZ · CASA GRANDE, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N844BBeech S35
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810116000719A
- Case key
- 136527
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0550 81/1/16 NR.CASA GRANDE,AZ BEECH S35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 572 TIME - 1044 N844B PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION APPLE VALLY,CA NOGALAS,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- MULITLAYERED CLOUDS.PLT RPTD LOOKING FOR HOLE TO DESCEND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N844B
- Reported as
- Beech S35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N844BRegistration cancelled Oct 13, 1981 · Beech S35Airframe modelBeech S35Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.