MCCOMB, MS, USA
N1317Z
BEECH N35
THE ACFT CRASHED IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE AND WAS DESTROYED. THE TWO PLTS ABOARD HAD BEEN PRACTICING INSTRUMENT APPROACHESAT MCCOMB AND SUDDENLY WITHOUT NOTIFING FSS THE PRACTICE WAS DISCONTINUED TO RETURN TO BATON ROUGE. FSS FOUND OUT ABOUT THE CHANGE BY INITIATING A CALL TO THE ACFT. ABOUT 5 MINUTES AFTER THIS RADIO CALL GROUND WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACFT CRASH. NO RECORDS WERE FOUND INDICATING FUELING OF THE ACFT SINCE 6/6/83 WHEN 8 GALLONS WAS ADDED. NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE ACFT. THE PROPELLER DID NOT INDICATE POWER AT IMPACT. EXAMINATION OF THE THROW OVER COLUMN REVEALED IT WAS IN THE RIGHT POSITION. THE RIGHT SEAT PLT WAS A PRIVATE PLT WITH 195 TOTAL FLYING HOURS. THE LEFT SEAT PLT WAS A COMMERCIAL PILOT WITH 640 HOURS TOTAL FLIGHT TIME.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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