- Date
- April 29, 1992, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Scottsmoor, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N657DBeech C35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920429015639A
- Case key
- 33088
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Probable cause
Encounter with clear air turbulence during cruise flight.
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.
Analysis
During cruise flt, the acft encountered clear air turbulence & was substantially damaged. The flt continued to the destination & an uneventful landing occurred. Aprx 3 months earlier, the ruddervators were removed, repaired, painted, balanced, & reinstalled. Following the accident, the ruddervators were removed & found to be within prescribed limits regarding balancing per the Beechcraft manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N657D
- Reported as
- Beech C35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D2925
- Airframe hours
- 6,600
- Engine
- Continental E-185-11, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dennison, Danny G.
- Registered owner
- Dennison, Danny G.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- 09J · Jekyll Island, GA
- Destination
- FPR · Fort Pierce, FL
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 653 total · 290 in this make and model · 483 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 24 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.