Beech V35B accident near Ellijay, GA
On August 8, 2005, a Beech V35B (airplane) was involved in an accident near Ellijay, GA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 8, 2005
- Place
- Ellijay, GA
- Aircraft
- Beech V35B · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.617°N, 84.192°W
- NTSB ID
- 20050901X01351
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 8, 2005, at an undetermined time, a Beech V35B, N1212V, registered to and operated by the private pilot, collided into mountainous, wooded terrain and caught fire in the vicinity of Ellijay, Georgia. The personal flight was operated under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 with a visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan filed. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed in the vincinity of the accident site. The private pilot received fatal injuries, and the airplane was destroyed by impact and by postimpact fire. The flight departed Lake Norman Airpark (14A), Mooresville, North Carolina, about 0941 eastern daylight time on August 8, 2005. According to air traffic control (ATC) records, the pilot telephoned the Raleigh automated flight service station (AFSS) at 0758 to file a VFR flight plan and receive a standard weather briefing for a flight from 14A to Smyrna Airport (MQY), Smyrna, Tennessee. The filed route of flight was from 14A direct to the Spartanburg VORTAC, Spartanburg, South Carolina, direct to Lovell Field (CHA), Chattanooga, Tennessee, then direct to MQY. At 0944, the pilot contacted Raleigh AFSS via the radio to activate the VFR flight plan. According to ATC transcripts, at 0948:43, the pilot contacted the Greer air traffic control tower radar west controller in Greer, South Carolina, and reported, "I'm currently uh on the uh west side at Charlotte uh class C airspace, I'm VFR, I'm going to try to settle in at four thousand five hundred to Smyrna, Tennessee, I was wondering if I could get flight following, sir." The controller provide
Probable cause
The pilot's continued cruise flight under visual flight rules into known adverse weather, which resulted in his loss of control of the airplane due to spatial disorientation, and an uncontrolled descent and collision with terrain. A factor associated with the accident was the pilot's spatial disorientation.
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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.
