Beechcraft V35B N9394Q

Summary

On 16 April 1983 at about 01:58 local time, a Beechcraft V35B registered N9394Q was involved in an accident near Frisco, North Carolina, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 April 1983 at 01:58

Classification

Accident

Location

Frisco, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Billy Mitchell Field (8W5)

Coordinates

35.2399, -75.5809

Aircraft

Beechcraft V35B

Registration

N9394Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Norfolk → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL83FA163

4 people 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

THE DESTINATION ARPT WAS UNLIGHTED & WAS CLOSED FROM 30 MIN AFTER SUNSET UNTIL 30 MIN BEFORE SUNRISE. PRIOR TO THE FLT, THE PLT MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR SOMEONE TO TAKE HIS CAR TO THE DESTINATION ARPT & PARK IT WITH THE HEADLIGHTS TURNED ON AT THE APCH END OF RWY 06. THE ACFT ARRIVED AFTER DARK. THE PERSON THAT BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE ARPT, REPORTED THAT THE PLT MADE SEVERAL LOW APCHS TO RWY 06. EACH TIME, THE PLT EXECUTED A GO-AROUND. THE WITNESS NOTED THAT THE SOUTHWEST WIND WAS "ROCKING THE PLANE AROUND QUITE A BIT," THAT THE ACFT WAS NOT LINED UP VERY WELL, & THAT THE THERE WAS A STRONG X-WIND COMPONENT FROM THE QUARTERING TAIL WIND. AFTER ABOUT THE 7TH APPROACH, THE ACFT DRIFTED RIGHT OF THE RWY & LOST ALTITUDE DURING THE GO-AROUND; THEN HIT A POWER LINE, CRASHED & BURNED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.