- Date
- July 4, 1973
- Place
- Sapelo Island, GA · SAPELO ISLAND, GA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8859ABeech B35
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730704027029A
- Case key
- 188846
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3322 73/7/4 SAPELO ISLAND,GA BEECH B35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 3020 TIME - 1530 N8859A PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 502 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAPELO ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAPELO ISLAND,GA BRUNSWICK,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 90 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- AIRBORNE DRIFTED L STRUCK LARGE OAK TREE WITH L WING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8859A
- Reported as
- Beech B35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sapelo Island
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8859A · 1
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