Beechcraft 77 N3829D

Summary

On 27 January 1984 at about 21:30 local time, a Beechcraft 77 registered N3829D was involved in an accident near Fritch, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 January 1984 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Fritch, Texas, United States

Coordinates

35.6393, -101.5895

Aircraft

Beechcraft 77

Registration

N3829D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Amarillo → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW84FA122

2 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 ACFT DEPARTED ON 1/27/84 AND FAILED TO RETURN FROM A 2 HOUR LOCAL FLT. TIME OF DEPARTURE WAS 1330 CST. ON 1/28/84, AFISHERMAN ON LAKE MEREDITH FOUND AN ACFT WHEEL FLOATING IN THE WATER. THIS WHEEL WAS LATER FOUND TO HAVE THE SAME PART NUMBERS AND PAINT AS THE MISSING ACFT. ON 1/29/84, A JACKET WAS FOUND FLOATING IN THE LAKE NEAR WHERE THE WHEEL WAS ORIGINALLY SIGHTED. THE PLT OWNED A SIMILIAR JACKET. SEARCH EFFECTS AND DIVE TEAMS WERE USED FROM 1/28 TO 2/2 WITHOUT SUCCESS. THERE WERE NO KNOWN WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.