# NTSB SEA84FA078: Beech N35, N1270Z, Baker, OR, April 6, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 5, 1984, 18:57 local (Apr 6, 1984, 02:57 UTC)
- Place: Baker, OR
- Coordinates: 44.830421, -117.760017 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8304&lon=-117.7600&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39799
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84FA078
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39799/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84FA078

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - clouds (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - flight into known adverse weather - continued, pilot in command (cause)
  - initiated, pilot in command
- Loss of control - in flight, approach - iaf to faf/outer marker (ifr)
  - wing - ice (cause)
  - airspeed - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE PLT ENCOUNTERED AIRFRAME ICING WHILE EN ROUTE DURING A X-COUNTRY FLT. HE HAD FILED AN INSTRUMENT FLT PLAN TO BOISE, ID, BUT EN ROUTE, HE CHANGED DESTINATIONS TWICE, 1ST TO ONTARIO, OR, THEN LATER TO BAKER, ID. AT 1820 PDT, HE REPORTED ICING & TURBULENCE AT 10,000 FT. HE WAS CLEARED FOR AN APCH TO BAKER, DURING WHICH, HE REPORTED MORE ICING. AT 1850, HE REPORTED GROUND LIGHTS IN SIGHT. A SHORT TIME LATER, THE BAKER FSS SPECIALIST SIGHTED A FIREBALL, NORTH OF THE ARPT. THE ACFT WAS FOUND 7 MILES NORTH OF THE ARPT NEAR A HIGHWAY REST STOP WITH HIGH VISIBILITY, SODIUM VAPOR LIGHTS. AN EXAM OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THE GEAR HAD BEEN EXTENDED, BUT THE FLAPS WERE UP. THE PROP WAS EMBEDDED IN A CRATER. THE PROP SHAFT HAD SHEARED, BOTH BLADES WERE SLIGHTLY BENT & HAD CHORDWISE SCORING & LEADING EDGE NICKS. THE MAIN WRECKAGE CAME TO REST NEXT TO THE IMPACT POINT. BOTH WINGS HAD SEVERE CHORDWISE CRUSHING FROM FORE TO AFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1270Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH N35
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-6716
- Airframe hours: 3128
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-N 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Alex Connelly
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 21, 1983, 70 hours before
- Departed: FAT, FRESNO, CA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: BKE, Baker Municipal

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 622 total, 95 in this make and model, 500 as pilot in command, 70 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 350° at 13 knots, gusting 13
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 41 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: BKE, 7 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 19840405008599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840405008599A), Apr 5, 1984: Beech N35, Baker, OR, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Loaded with ice impacted open ground on night VOR approach. Severity of impact indicates aircraft stalled.

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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