Beechcraft 35 N188CB

Summary

On 4 October 1982 at about 10:23 local time, a Beechcraft 35 registered N188CB, operated by Frnklin Boggs, was involved in an accident near Hazard, Kentucky, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 October 1982 at 10:23

Classification

Accident

Location

Hazard, Kentucky, United States

Nearest airport

Hazard

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Beechcraft 35

Registration

N188CB

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Frnklin Boggs

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hazard → Charlotte

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL83LLQ01

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRPORT WAS LOCATED IN A VALLEY, AND DUE TO THE TERRAIN, IT WAS NECESSARY TO TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 17 WITH A QUARTERING LEFT TAIL WIND. HE REPORTED THAT A MOUNTAIN WAS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE (TO THE RIGHT) AS WELL AS POWER LINES AND OTHER HAZARDS. REPORTEDLY, THE AIRCRAFT WAS MANEUVERED 200 FT LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE AS IT WAS CONFIGURED FOR A CLIMB. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AT ABOUT 500 FT AGL, HE ENCOUNTERED WIND SHEAR OR A DOWNDRAFT, THE AIRSPEED DROPPED FROM 110 TO JUST UNDER 90 MPH AND SOME ALTITUDE WAS LOST. REPORTEDLY, HE APPLIED FULL POWER, THEN REALIZED HE HAD BECOME TEMPORARILY DISORIENTED WHEN HE SAW THAT HIS HEADING HAD CHANGED 20 DEG TO THE LEFT. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE SITUATION, THE PLANE STRUCK SEVERAL TREES, THEN HIT THE GROUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.