- Date
- April 15, 1985, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Gray Summit, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7244SBeech A-36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850415055119A
- Case key
- 33829
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After departing the st. clair airport establishing a normal climb to the destination airport 24 miles to the northeast, the acft was tracked by radar for a four minute period. The short period of coverage showed a normal climb tolevel flight. The radar image was lost at a town approximately 8.5 miles northeast of the departure airport. The acft was found impacted through a small peninsula shaped area of forestation. This area was bounded by a rather large area of open slightly rolling, but level terrain. No mechanical abnormality was discovered during the post-crash investigation. The plt was medically documented as having wolff-parkinson-white syndrome with documented arrhythmias. This condition can have periods of loss conciousness. The plt was taking no medication for this condition. The area bounding crash site was of sufficient lenght and width to accomodate this acft for a landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7244S
- Reported as
- Beech A-36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-2198
- Airframe hours
- 104
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-550-B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- North American Acceptance Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 11, 1985 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- K39 · St. Clair, MO
- Destination
- SUS · St. Louis, MO
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 68
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 6,949 total · 57 in this make and model · 6,940 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- SUS, 22 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.