- Date
- September 21, 1983, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Arkville, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6657RBeech 58
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830921051049A
- Case key
- 35083
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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
Prior to taking off, the plt advised company personnel that he planned to fly vfr-on-top at 8500 ft MSL. He planned to depart at 1400 EDT, but did not specify his route of flt. When the acft did not arrive, a search was initiated, it was found where it had crashed near the top of a mountain at an elevation of about 3760 ft. an exam of the crash side revealed the acft had impacted in level flt. No evidence of a preimpact/mechanical malfunction of failure was found. A forest ranger in the vicinity at aprx the same altitude said the visibility was about 100 ft in fog & rain was falling. Other persons in the area said the mountains were obscured, the sky was overcast, heavy rain was falling & the wind was strong.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6657R
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH1063
- Airframe hours
- 2,636
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-CB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Catskill Airways, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Dawn Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · September 19, 1983 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- ACY · Atlantic City, NJ
- Destination
- N66 · Oneonta, NY
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
- 51
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 11,900 total · 4,000 in this make and model · 250 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 12 knots
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSV, 23 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.