- Date
- March 15, 1985, 09:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Anton Chico, NM
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4151SBeech V35B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 33924
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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
Pilot stated that he was on a VFR no-flight-plan-flight from meade, KS, to alburquerque, NM, when he saw a cloud bank ahead. While diverting around, he flew into haze that became clouds. Recovery from strong down and up drafts did substantial damage to wings, tail and fuselage. Pilot flew airplane back to safe landing in meade, KS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4151S
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-9746
- Airframe hours
- 1,276
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Betty Patterson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 17, 1984 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- 8K4 · Meade, KS
- Destination
- ABQ · Albuquerque, NM
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 258 total · 157 in this make and model · 203 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LVS, 60 nm away