# NTSB MKC82FA004: Beech G33, N1649W, Rushville, MO, October 31, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 31, 1981
- Place: Rushville, MO · RUSHVILLE, MO
- Location: 39.5874° N, 95.0238° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rushville, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5874&lon=-95.0238&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 15, 1982
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 123087
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC82FA004
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82FA004

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3175  81/10/31 NR.RUSHVILLE,MO       BEECH G33           CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 850
        TIME - 1715                    N1649W              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          DENVER,CO                   ST JOSEPH,MO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - RAIN
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     RAIN
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          FOG                                                      IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR
        REMARKS- CRASHED IN STEEP NOSE DWN ATTITUDE NR INTXN OF ARC & INBOUND COURSE ON ILS APCH.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1649W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1649W-2009-05-15), registration cancelled 2009-05-15, S/N CD-1296, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH G33
- Registry model: [Beech G33](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g33) (registry code 1151435) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## 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 19811031070959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811031070959A), Oct 31, 1981: Beech G33, Rushville, MO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Angle of impact indicates loss of control of aircraft on initial phase of ILS approach. Recent experience unknown.

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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