- Date
- June 17, 1984, 15:34 local (20:34 UTC)
- Place
- Broken Bow, NE
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N335WBeech C35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840617024449A
- Case key
- 33533
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Analysis
While on an IFR flt at 6000 ft, the plt requested, and was granted a deviation around wx. Later, N335W informed denver ARTCC that they were going to get into some moderate turbulence for a little bit but that it looked like the light at the end of the tunnel. The acft disappeared from the denver ARTCC radar. The wreckage was located spread over an area approximately 1 mi by 1/4 mi. The investigation did not reveal any malfunction of the eng or acft component and the pathological/toxicological examination of the plt also were negative.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N335W
- Reported as
- Beech C35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D2853
- Airframe hours
- 6,460
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arthur D. Crocker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 17, 1983 · 102 hours before
- Departed
- DSM · Des Moines, IA
- Destination
- AIA · Alliance, NE
- Flight plan
- IFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,600 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 25 knots, gusting 35
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BBW, 9 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.