# Accident 19790904029369A: Beech V35, Somerset, KY, September 4, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1979, 14:15 local time
- Place: Somerset, KY
- Airport: Somerset Pulaski
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0865° N, 84.6054° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Somerset, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0865&lon=-84.6054&mi=10
- Aircraft: N614L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N614L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,755 total, 99 in this make and model, 93 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790904029369A

## Narrative

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

PLT FAILED TO OBSERVE LEAKING BRAKE ON PREFLT. BRAKE FAILED DURING TAXI. RAN OFF END INTO DITCH. BRAKE WORN OUT.

## 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 IAD79FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA075), Sep 4, 1979: Beech V35 (N614L), Somerset, KY, substantial damage

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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