- Date
- April 5, 1979
- Place
- St Petersburg, FL · ST PETERSBURG, FL
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N848BBeech 35A33
- Status
- Completed · report July 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790405021229A
- Case key
- 137166
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1679 79/4/5 ST PETERSBURG,FL BEECH 35A33 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 775 TIME - 1843 N848B PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWPORT RICHEY,FL ST PETERSBURG,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 900 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N848B
- Reported as
- Beech 35A33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N848BRegistration cancelled Sep 15, 2009 · Beech 35-A33Airframe modelBeech 35-A33Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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