- Date
- December 27, 1984, 17:21 local (23:21 UTC)
- Place
- Hot Springs, AR
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N69WFBeech S35
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841227068229A
- Case key
- 33817
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with trees & crashed on the east side of west mountain after the plt had made an ILS rwy 5 apch & overflew the arpt. The last wx observation before the accident was: partial obscuration, ceiling 300 ft, visibility 1 mi. The decision height for the apch was 200 ft & the visibility minimum was 1/2 mi. The missed apch procedure read, 'climb to 1100 ft then climbing right turn to 2500 via hot R-123 to socks int & hold.' The accident site was left of of the extended centerline of rwy 5, 4 mi northeast of the missed apch point. The acft impacted trees while in level flt at 900 ft MSL & while tracking on a heading of 270 deg. The arpt elevation is 540 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69WF
- Reported as
- Beech S35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-7771
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Marko Air, Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 27, 1985
- Departed
- CID · Cedar Rapids, IA
- Destination
- HOT
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HOT · Hot Springs Mem., runway 5, 6,595 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 6,100 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 5 knots
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOT, 3 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.