- Date
- June 16, 1983, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Moultonboro, NH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N794YBeech 76
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830616025859A
- Case key
- 35054
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After making an instrument acph to laconia, NH, the plt landed, phoned his wife & advised her of his intention to fly to Moultonboro, NH. After taking off, he advised Moultonboro UNICOM that he had departed laconia & was over a nearby lake, but was having a problem finding the arpt. The UNICOM operator advised that the wx was bad, there was fog at treetop level, but if desired the rwy lights would be illuminated. The plt responded that would not be necessary, he would circle a couple of times to see if he could find the arpt, if not, he would return to laconia. No further transmissions were received from the acft. When the acft did not arrive at either destination, a search was initiated. It was found about 50 ft below the top of a mountain ridge where it crashed at an elevation of aprx 2000 ft. no evidence of a preimpact/mechanical malfunction or failure was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N794Y
- Reported as
- Beech 76
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- ME180
- Airframe hours
- 662
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1G6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frank G. Mills
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 20, 1983
- Departed
- LC1 · Laconia, NH
- Destination
- NH08 · Moultonboro, NH
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 995 total · 21 in this make and model · 861 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 8 knots
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LC1, 12 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.