- Date
- November 14, 1991, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- St. Petersburg, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N2015WBeech BE-35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911114051879A
- Case key
- 33029
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The passenger's loss of balance resulting from a previous impairment.
Analysis
An elderly passenger who had previously experienced a stroke was attempting to board the low-wing airplane. He fell from the walkway on the wing to the asphalt ramp striking his head. He died in a hospital 3 days later.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2015W
- Reported as
- Beech BE-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-7975
- Airframe hours
- 6,200
- Engine
- Continental IO-520BB7B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Crystal Aero Group
- Registered owner
- Crystal Aero Group
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 30, 1991 · 65 hours before
- Destination
- X31 · Crystal River, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SPG · Albert Whitted
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,650 total · 1,066 in this make and model · 193 in the last 90 days · 84 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIE, 8 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 N2015W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.