# NTSB UNK65X0479: Beechcraft C-50, N3799B, Shelbyville, TN, October 29, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 29, 1964
- Place: Shelbyville, TN · SHELBYVILLE, TN
- Location: 35.5013° N, 86.4529° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shelbyville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5013&lon=-86.4529&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 2, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181190
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0479
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0479

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0954  64/10/29   SHELBYVILLE TENN    BEECHCRAFT C-50     CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 4010
        TIME - 0850                    N3799B              PX-  2  0  0  CORP/EXEC                 TOTAL HOURS, 230 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BOMAR
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - FOG
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  250
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          3 MILES OR LESS                                          FOG
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           57                                                      180
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           7                                                       IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTD IFR APP ON MHW NON-DIR RADI BCN FOR WHICH THERE IS NO PUBLISHED LET-DOWN PROCEDURE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3799B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3799B-1964-12-24), registration cancelled 1964-12-24, S/N CH-199 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT C-50
- Registry model: [Beech C-50](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-50) (registry code 1152510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Bomar

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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