Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary ATL87FA257

HILTON HEAD, SC, USA

Aircraft #1

N6591S

BEECH V-35B

Analysis

PIC SAID HE HAD WX BRIEF. NOTED TSTMS OVR ATLANTIC & FOG AT ARPT. STATED HE WOULD HOLD OVR OCEAN UNTIL ARPT CLR. ACFT TRACK ON RADAR WAS INTO AREA OF TSTMS OVR OCEAN FOLLOWED BY MODE C ALTITUDE DEVIATIONS AND LOSS OF RADAR CONTACT. ACFT RECOVERED FROM OCEAN. EXAMINATION SHOWED DOWNWARD BENDING OF STABILIZERS AND TENSION SEPARATION OF BULKHEAD WHERE STABILIZERS ATTACH BUT NO IN-FLIGHT SEPARATION OF AIRFRAME. ACFT WAS MODIFIED WITH BEECH STABILIZER ROOT REINFORCEMENT KIT.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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