Beechcraft B35 N8859A

4 July 1973 · Sapelo Island, Georgia, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 4 July 1973 at about 15:30 local time, a Beechcraft B35 registered N8859A was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Sapelo Island, Georgia, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 4 July 1973 at 15:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Sapelo Island, Georgia, United States
Nearest airport: Sapelo Island
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft B35
Registration: N8859A
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Brunswick, Ga
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3322

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

Probable cause

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

AIRBORNE DRIFTED L STRUCK LARGE OAK TREE WITH L WING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3322, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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26 May 1973	Beechcraft B35 N5164C	Mulvane, Kansas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
10 Jan 1973	Beechcraft B35 N8816A	June Lake, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
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28 Jul 1973	Beechcraft B35 N8798A	Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
17 Feb 1973	Beechcraft B35 N5209C	Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2

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