# Accident 19770818024179A: Beech C35BEECH, Albuquerque, NM, August 18, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1977
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5959C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5959C-2014-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C35 (registry code 1151508, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C35BEECH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 325 total, 0 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN77DQA48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77DQA48) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770818024179A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PLT STATED PWR LOSS DUE FAILURE TO CHANGE FUEL SELECTOR TO TANK THAT CONTAINED FUEL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN77DQA48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77DQA48), Aug 18, 1977: Beech C35 (N5959C), Albuquerque, NM, destroyed

## Other reports on N5959C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19811116088199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811116088199I), Nov 16, 1981: Beech C35BEECH (N5959C), Buies Creek, NC, Minor damage. Gear collapsed on landing roll. Gear down lever not positive in down position. No required documents on board.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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