Beechcraft J35 N8376D

Summary

On 9 May 1982 at about 02:09 local time, a Beechcraft J35 registered N8376D, operated by Budds Rentals Incorporated, was involved in an accident near Magan, Kentucky, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 May 1982 at 02:09

Classification

Accident

Location

Magan, Kentucky, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Beechcraft J35

Registration

N8376D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Budds Rentals Incorporated

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gary → Owensboro

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL82FLQ05

1 person died.

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

AT ABOUT 2017 EDT, APPROACH CONTROL CLEARED THE PILOT TO DESCEND FROM 7000 FT TO 2500 FT AND BEGAN PROVIDING VECTORS FOR AN ILS APPROACH. ABOUT 9 MINUTES LATER, APPROACH CONTROL ADVISED THAT RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST, BUT NO REPLY WAS RECEIVED. AT ABOUT 2042, RADIO CONTACT WAS REESTABLISHED AND THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD LOST HIS "LEVEL INSTRUMENTS" AND WOULD RETURN TO TERRA HAUTE, IN. SUBSEQUENT TRANSMISSIONS REVEALED A LOSS OF THE ATTITUDE AND HEADING INDICATORS. THE PILOT CONTINUED FLYING FOR A WHILE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL HIS ALTITUDE, AIRSPEED, OR HEADING. AT ABOUT 2109, THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A WOODED AREA. A WITNESS STATED THAT HE SAW THE PLANE GO IN AND OUT OF THE CLOUDS WHICH HE ESTIMATED WERE ABOUT 100 FT HIGH. HE SAID THE PLANE THEN CIRCLED FOR ABOUT 1 OR 2 MINUTES, WHILE IT WAS CLIMBING AND DIVING. ALSO, HE STATED HE SAW THE PLANE JUST AS IT CAME OUT OF THE CLOUDS AND GO INTO THE TREES ABOUT 600 YARDS FROM HIS POSITION. OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE BEECH J35 INCLUDES VACUUM-OPERATED DIRECTIONAL & ATTITUDE GYROS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.