# NTSB LAX91LA149: Beech V-35-A, N9462S, Superior, AZ, March 28, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 28, 1991, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Superior, AZ
- Location: 33.2716° N, 111.1242° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Superior, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2716&lon=-111.1242&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report December 15, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 27151
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX91LA149
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/27151/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA149

## Probable cause

VISUAL FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, cruise
  - weather condition - obscuration
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly
  - vfr flight into imc - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT/OWNER STATED THAT HE WAS FLYING BENEATH AND CLEAR OF THE CLOUDS WITH ONLY LIGHT CHOP AND WELL CLEAR OF THE TERRAIN.  HIS NEXT RECOLLECTION WAS LYING ON THE GROUND NEXT TO WHAT REMAINED OF THE ENGINE AND PROPELLER.  HE SAID HE DID NOT REMEMBER HEAT FROM THE AIRPLANE, THOUGH THE FUSELAGE HAD BURNED.  HE SAID THERE WAS A SWATH OF VEGETATION APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS LONG BY THE AIRCRAFT WING SPAN WIDE MOWED UP THE HILL TO WHERE THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED.  MOUNTAIN OBSCUREMENT WAS FORECAST OVER A WIDE AREA AROUND THE ACCIDENT SITE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9462S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9462S-2014-11-24), registration cancelled 2014-11-24, S/N D-8055, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V-35-A
- Registry model: [Beech V35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (registry code 1151538) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-8055
- Engines: CONTINENTAL 10-520-BA 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Aaron C. Bornstein
- Registered owner: Aaron C. Bornstein
- Departed: S0W, SHOW LOW, AZ
- Destination: P10, CHANDLER, AZ
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 850 total, 320 in this make and model, 500 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft broken
- Observed at: 1WA, 105 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 19910328008119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910328008119A), Mar 28, 1991: Beech V35, Superior, AZ, Destroyed. Below low clouds. Crashed into terrain. No recollection of impact. No witnesses. Cause impact undetermined.

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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