# NTSB MIA92LA027: Beech BE-35, N2015W, St. Petersburg, FL, November 14, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 14, 1991, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: St. Petersburg, FL
- Location: 27.7651° N, 82.6269° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBERT WHITTED (SPG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7651&lon=-82.6269&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 27, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33029
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA92LA027
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33029/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA92LA027

## Probable cause

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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Miscellaneous/other, standing
  - miscellaneous, passenger
  - physical impairment(stroke), passenger

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2015W](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2015W), registered now, S/N D-7975, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech BE-35
- 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-7975
- Airframe hours: 6200
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19911114051879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911114051879A), Nov 14, 1991: Beech S35, St Petersburg, FL, 1 fatal. Elderly passenger lost his balance on wing walk while boarding and fell backwards striking his head on ramp.

## Other investigations on N2015W (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 CHI77FEX38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEX38), Jul 12, 1977: Beech S35 (N2015W), Indianapolis, IN, 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.

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