- Date
- April 17, 1983, 14:42 local (20:42 UTC)
- Place
- Destin, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N265TBeech V35TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830417070069A
- Case key
- 30776
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Analysis
The acft collided with a powerline, crashed & burned after the engine lost power on the final approach. The acft was using fuel from a tank that was less than half full. The acft had made a go-around and during the pattern was observed to be oscillating from side to side from turbulence or plt inputs. The wind was described as gusty and bumpy. A placard on this acft states that prolonged slips (20 seconds or more) must be avoided with tanks less than half full. The acft crashed about 1000 ft from the approach end of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N265T
- Reported as
- Beech V35TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D8502
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-D1, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Herbert Slamen/Southern Realty
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BHM · Birmingham, AL
- Airport
- 81J · Destin, runway 32, 5,000 × ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 64 total · 47 in this make and model · 26 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 7 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 14 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VPS, 20 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.
Other investigations on N265T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.