Beechcraft 35 N3939N

Summary

On 5 June 1983 at about 15:21 local time, a Beechcraft 35 registered N3939N, operated by James J. Rataiczak, was involved in an accident near Auburn, Ohio, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 June 1983 at 15:21

Classification

Accident

Location

Auburn, Ohio, United States

Coordinates

41.4295, -81.3803

Aircraft

Beechcraft 35

Registration

N3939N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

James J. Rataiczak

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Novelty → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI83FA239

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

THE ACFT APPROACHED THE 1800 FT GRASS STRIP FROM THE WEST. LOCAL RESIDENTS REPORTED THE WIND AS FROM THE WSE AT 28-30 MPH. THERE WAS NO WIND SOCK AT THE LANDING STRIP. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES THE ACFT TRAVELED 3/4 OF THE RWY WITHOUT TOUCHING THE GROUND. AT THIS POINT A GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED AND A TURN STARTED TO AVOID OBSTRUCTIONS. TREES AND WIRES WERE NARROWLY MISSED AND THEN WITNESSES SAW THE ACFT GO INTO A NEARLY VERTICAL CLIMB ATTITUDE BEFORE FALLING OFF ON THE LEFT WING AND CRASHING INTO TREES. THE ACFT CONTACTED THE GROUND IN AN ALMOST VERTICAL NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND THE WING FLAPS WERE AT 25 DEGREES WHEN THE ACFT WAS EXAMINED AFTER THE CRASH.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.