- Date
- August 6, 1983, 22:50 local (Aug 7, 1983, 02:50 UTC)
- Place
- Wiscasset, ME
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N193HBeech S35
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830806039059A
- Case key
- 35070
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was observed taking off on a foggy night with a low overcast sky condition. Shortly after taking off, the plane was observed to turn at low alt, then enter a nose down attitude. The acft crashed & the non-instrument rated plt & passenger were fatally injured. Witnesses reported that the eng was operating until impact. A person that saw the occupants at aprx 2100 EDT reported the plt appeared incoherent. A taxi driver that took them to the arpt reported that the plt was asleep in the cab. The passenger told the driver that they planned to sleep in the acft a few hrs before departing. However, the acft took off & crashed at about 2250 EDT. Aprx 11 mi west at the brunswick nas, the 1055 EDT wx was, in part: 100 ft obscured, visibility 1/8 mi with fog, temp & dew point 69 deg, wind calm. A toxicological check revealed the plt's urine/alcohol level was 0.238%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N193H
- Reported as
- Beech S35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D7444
- Airframe hours
- 3,786
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA3, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Salem Flyers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 2, 1982 · 258 hours before
- Airport
- ISS · Wiscasset, runway 7, 3,400 × 75 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 621 total · 76 in this make and model · 584 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KNHZ, 11 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.