# NTSB NYC86FA158: Beech V35B, N4445D, Bradford, PA, June 23, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: June 23, 1986, 00:15 local (04:15 UTC)
- Place: Bradford, PA
- Location: 41.8212° N, 78.6702° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from BRADFORD RGNL (BFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8212&lon=-78.6702&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30192
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86FA158
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30192/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA158

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight encounter with weather, descent
  - weather condition - thunderstorm
  - in-flight weather advisories - disregarded, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, descent - uncontrolled
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
- Fire/explosion, other

## Analysis

THE PRIVATE, INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT FLYING A BEECHCRAFT V35 COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND, IN AN INVERTED ATTITUDE 1.5 MILES FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY WHILE ON AN ILS APPROACH DURING IFR CONDITIONS. HEAVY RAINSHOWERS FOG AND LIGHTNING WERE OBSERVED IN THE AREA OF THE AIRPORT DURING THE TIME OF THIS APPROACH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4445D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Beech V35B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-10297
- Airframe hours: 1380
- Engines: CONTINENTAL 10520-BB 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91 subpart F
- Registered owner: Lloyd-Smith Co.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 10, 1986, 1,314 hours before
- Departed: N80, OCEAN CITY, MD
- Destination: BFD, BRADFORD, PA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: BFD, Bradford, runway 32, 6,499 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 391 total, 386 in this make and model, 286 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 220° at 15 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 900 ft broken
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: BFD, 2 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860623026749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860623026749A), Jun 23, 1986: Beech V35B, Bradford, PA, Destroyed. Wreckage indicates aircraft became inverted and struck trees during an ILS approach in an area of thunderstorms.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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