- Date
- July 8, 1984, 18:52 local (22:52 UTC)
- Place
- Shelter Island, NY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N927MBeech 95
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840708030429A
- Case key
- 35355
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Acft level abt 3000 ft. engines sputtered. Acft descended in uncontrolled attitude. Tach 6.9 hrs since last fueling. Acft did not have shoulder harness or metal to metal seat belt buckle for pilot and copilot seats. Pilot biennial and medical not current
Aircraft
- Registration
- N927M
- Reported as
- Beech 95
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TD-269
- Engine
- Avco Lycoming O-360A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Raymond Slevin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1983
- Departed
- FOK · Westhampton Bch, NY
- Destination
- BID · Block Island, RI
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 464 total · 371 in this make and model · 372 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FOK, 19 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.