Beechcraft S35 N176Q

Summary

On 3 May 2012 at about 20:15 local time, a Beechcraft S35 registered N176Q was involved in an accident near Lake in the Hills, Illinois, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

3 May 2012 at 20:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Lake in the Hills, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

42.2075, -88.3089

Aircraft

Beechcraft S35

Registration

N176Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lake in the Hills → Lake in the Hills

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN12FA271

2 people died.

The pilot's excessive bank angle while on approach to land, which resulted in an inadvertent aerodynamic stall and spin.

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Read the full NTSB narrative

The commercial pilot and a flight instructor were in the traffic pattern conducting touch-and-go takeoffs and landings on runway 26. A witness reported seeing the airplane in a steep bank as it turned from the base leg of the traffic pattern to the final approach leg. The ground scars and damage to the airplane were consistent with an aerodynamic stall/spin at the time of impact. The wind at the time of the accident was reported from 220 degrees between 11 and 22 knots. The wind encountered on the left base turn to final could result in overshooting the final approach path. Most likely, the pilot was attempting to compensate for overshooting the final approach path and increased the bank angle to bring the airplane back on course. No preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures were found that would have precluded normal operation. Investigators were unable to determine who was flying the airplane at the time of the accident; however, the commercial pilot did not hold a current medical certificate and thus was ineligible to have been acting as pilot-in-command.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.