- Date
- May 17, 1992, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Davenport, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9015SBeech S35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920517015139A
- Case key
- 41678
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Probable cause
Poor in flight planning/decision. Factors to the accident were: mountainous/hilly terrain and terrain clearance was not maintained.
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
During a cross country flight, the airplane collided with hilly terrain. Impact signatures indicate that the airplane collided with a hill in level flight, approximately 120 feet below the ridge line. The airplane continued up the hill, then became airborne and travelled another 190 feet through power lines, which separated the left wing and ruddervator. The airplane continued over the crest, impacting the ground and sliding down the opposite side of the hill. The engine continued across a valley impacting another hill. The remainder of the fuselage was destroyed by fire. During the post crash investigation there was no evidence to indicate a mechanical failure or malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9015S
- Reported as
- Beech S35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-7947
- Engine
- Continental I0-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- J & M Leasing Co
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 17, 1992
- Departed
- RNT · Renton, WA
- Destination
- COE · Coeur D'Alene, ID
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
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- 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
- 2,719 total · 2,554 as pilot in command · 263 in the last 90 days · 92 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GEG, 16 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.