Beech BE-P35 accident near Aiken, SC
On October 25, 2004, a Beech BE-P35 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Aiken, SC. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 25, 2004
- Place
- Aiken, SC
- Aircraft
- Beech BE-P35 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.646°N, 81.711°W
- NTSB ID
- 20041101X01731
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On October 25, 2004, at 0827 eastern daylight time, a Beech P35, N32AB, registered to and operated by the Airline Transport Pilot, collided with trees and the ground and burst into flames during a GPS Approach to land on runway 06, at the Aiken Municipal Airport in Aiken, South Carolina. The personal flight was operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 and instrument flight rules. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and an instrument flight plan was filed. The pilot received fatal injuries, and the airplane sustained substantial damage. There was a post-impact fire. The flight originated from Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport, Spartanburg, South Carolina at 0748, on October 25, 2004. According to family members, the pilot had departed earlier that morning from Twin Lakes Airport, a private fly-in community located south of Trenton, South Carolina, to take his grand children to their mother in Spartanburg Downtown Airport in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The airplane then departed Spartanburg for an instrument flight to Aiken Municipal Airport. It was reported by family members that the pilot frequently landed at Aiken when weather conditions precluded landing at the Twin Lakes Airport. Upon arriving in the Aiken area, the pilot requested Air Traffic Control for the published GPS Runway 06 approach. The request was approved, and at 0823, the pilot was cleared for the approach and told to cancel his instrument flight plan after landing. At 0827, radar contact was lost as the airplane descended below 1,00
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to follow IFR procedures, and continued flight below the minimum descent altitude and collided with trees.
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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.
