- Date
- July 24, 1983, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Acra, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2617ABeech V35A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830724043699A
- Case key
- 35066
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he was looking for VMC even though he was on an IFR flight. While inbound to albany he said he was circling down from 4000 feet in a VFR spot to get under the clouds. He subsequently cancelled his IFR flt plan and said he was going to fly to great barrington, located east of his last known position. The acft crashed west of his last known position. Weather in the area was such that the mountain peaks were obscured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2617A
- Reported as
- Beech V35A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-9053
- Airframe hours
- 2,779
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA6, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tca Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 14, 1983 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- TEB · Teterboro, NJ
- Destination
- Great Barringto, MA
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 53
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 8,233 total · 7,751 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALB, 30 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.