# Incident 19891006054719I: Beech V35B, Westfield, MA, October 6, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 1989, 19:23 local time
- Place: Westfield, MA
- Airport: Barnes Municipal
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1251° N, 72.7495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westfield, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1251&lon=-72.7495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4177S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4177S) (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 V35B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 600 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891006054719I

## Narrative

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

REQUESTED HIGHER ALTITUDE TO AVOID ICING. ON CLIMB AIRCRAFT STALLED AND ENTERED SPIN. RECOVERED AND LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N4177S (1)

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

- [Incident 20190516011289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190516011289I), May 16, 2019: Beech V35B (N4177S), Peru, IL, Minor damage. N4177S was flying under visual flight rules (VFR) from rockwood airport, rockwood, Tennessee (krkw) to poplar grove airport, poplar grove, IL (KC77). The…

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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