- Date
- April 26, 1978
- Place
- Kennesaw, GA · KENNESAW, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9495YBeech N35
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780426024279A
- Case key
- 142057
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1905 78/4/26 NR.KENNESAW,GA BEECH N35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 700 TIME - 1533 N9495Y PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 133 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NAPLES,FL CARROLLTON,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 10000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 320 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- NO LOGGED ACT INST TIME SINCE 1974.AIRMET FOR ICING IN CLOUDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9495Y
- Reported as
- Beech N35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.