# NTSB MIA89FA100: Beech S35, N6852Q, Daytona Beach, FL, March 9, 1989 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report - Date: March 9, 1989, 13:37 local (18:37 UTC) - Place: Daytona Beach, FL - Location: 29.1432° N, 81.1482° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from DAYTONA BEACH INTL (DAB), within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1432&lon=-81.1482&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Fatal - Injuries: 2 fatal - Status: Completed, report April 19, 1990 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 32278 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA89FA100 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32278/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89FA100 ## Probable cause THE PILOT'S IMPROPER IFR PROCEDURE AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: HIS IMPROPER USE OF THE NAVIGATION RECEIVER, HIS DELAY IN MAKING A MISSED APCH, HIS LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN THE TYPE OF AIRCRAFT, HIS LACK OF RECENT INSTRUMENT EXPERIENCE, WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TREES. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - In flight collision with object, missed approach (ifr) - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor) - weather condition - fog (contributing factor) - navigation receiver - improper use of, pilot in command (contributing factor) - ifr procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause) - missed approach - delayed, pilot in command (contributing factor) - object - tree(s) (contributing factor) - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - lack of recent instrument time, pilot in command (contributing factor) - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor) - In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled ## Analysis DRG ARR, APCH CTL PROVIDED VECTORS & CLRD THE PLT FOR AN ILS RWY 7L APCH. AS THE ACFT CONTD, THE CTLR NOTED IT WAS APRX 1 MI 'SOUTH OF FINAL' & ASKED THE PLT IF HE WAS RCVG THE LOCALIZER. THE PLT SAID NO. THE CTLR THEN BGN GIVING INSTRNS FOR A SURVEILLANCE APCH & TOLD THE PLT THE MIN DSCNT ALT (MDA) WAS 420', BUT DID NOT CLR HIM TO DSCND. SOON THEREAFTER, THE CTLR NOTED THE MODE C READ-OUT (WHICH HAD BEEN INTERMITTENT) WAS INDCG 400'. THE CTLR IMMEDIATELY TOLD THE PLT TO TURN LEFT TO 360 DEG & CLIMB TO 1600' & THE PLT ACKNOWLEDGED. THE CTLR THEN ADZD THE PLT THERE WAS AN ANTENNA AT HIS ONEO'CLOCK PSN, BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE & CONTACT WITH THE ACFT WAS LOST. LATER, THE ACFT WAS FND IN THAT VCNTY WHERE IT HAD HIT TREES & CRASHED ON A HDG OF 160 DEG (1.6 MI WSW OF THE OUTER MARKER, TERRAIN ELEV APRX 35'). THE UNDMGD #1 NAV WAS FND TO BE SET AT 109.75 MHZ. THE ILS FREQ WAS 109.7 MHZ. THE PLT'S ESTD FLT TIME IN THE BEECH S35 WAS 10 HRS; HIS CFI BELIEVED HE WAS NOT CURRENT FOR INST FLT. THE 1342 EST WX AT THE ARPT WAS 300 FT OVC, 2 MI VIS WITH FOG & DRIZZLE. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6852Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6852Q-2014-11-13), registration cancelled 2014-11-13, S/N D-7596, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH S35 - Registry model: [Beech S35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (registry code 1151532) (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-7596 - Airframe hours: 4156 - Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-BA 285 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Destroyed - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: C And G Aviation - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, November 8, 1988, 8 hours before - Departed: AHN, ATHENS, GA - Destination: DAB, DAYTONA BEACH, FL - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: DAB, Daytona Beach Regional, runway 7, 7,500 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 41; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 510 total, 10 in this make and model, 5 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day - Wind: 310° at 12 knots - Visibility: 2 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 300 ft overcast - Temperature: 43 °F, dew point 43 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: DAB, 6 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 19890309003409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890309003409A), Mar 9, 1989: Beech S35, Daytona Beach, FL, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Was unable to perform the ILS approach and asr was provided by ATC. Crashed into trees. Pilot not IFR current. ## Other investigations on N6852Q (1) 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. - [NTSB MIA67F0144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA67F0144), Sep 7, 1966: Beech S35 (N6852Q), Vicksburg, MS, substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.