# Accident 19871004058539A: Beech A35, Wickenburg, AZ, October 4, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 1987, 16:00 local time
- Place: Wickenburg, AZ
- Airport: Wickenburg Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9772° N, 112.7795° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9772&lon=-112.7795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8583A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8583A-2014-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A35 (registry code 1151504, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A35
- Reported engine: CONT E1851
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 31 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX88LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871004058539A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN AFTER TAKOFF. FOUND CONTROL LOCK WAS IN PLACE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. BOLT USED.

## 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 LAX88LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA005), Oct 4, 1987: Beech A35 (N8583A), Wickenburg, AZ, 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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