Beech 35-33 accident near Brownsburg, IN
On August 28, 1996, a Beech 35-33 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Brownsburg, IN. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 28, 1996
- Place
- Brownsburg, IN
- Aircraft
- Beech 35-33 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.839°N, 86.391°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X06431
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 27, 1996, at 1920 central daylight time (cdt) a Beech 35-33, N963T, piloted by a commercial pilot, was destroyed during a collision with the ground while making a witness observed steep bank about 100 feet above the ground. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight was not operating on a flight plan. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The flight departed a restricted landing area near Brownsburg, Indiana, at 1900 cdt. The wife of the pilot said he "...made several passes down the runway... ." A short time before the accident the airplane was flying "...across the corn field at approximately 40 feet... ." Eyewitnesses reported seeing the airplane flying low in the local area. One witness said, "The plane seemed kind of low and had to break a [little to the] left to miss a 2-story house." According to another witness, she was driving east on Indiana State Highway 136 when she first saw N963T. She said it had flown just above the trees while heading west. This witness said the airplane descended below the trees next to the highway and then turned toward the north. The airplane climbed over the trees and made a low pass at the restricted landing area's runway. The second witness said she stopped her car to watch the airplane with her daughter because they thought it was a crop duster. She said she saw the airplane make a steep turn like a crop duster. She said the airplane headed south about 20 to 30 feet above the corn field. The airplane climbed a small amount as it approached the int
Probable cause
failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed, while maneuvering at low altitude, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent impact on a roadway. Buzzing by the pilot was a contributing factor.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
