# Accident 19900108000289A: Beech V35B, West Kingston, RI, January 8, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1990, 07:15 local time
- Place: West Kingston, RI
- Airport: Richmond Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4895° N, 71.6206° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RICHMOND (08R), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4895&lon=-71.6206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6741V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6741V-1990-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC90LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90LA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900108000289A

## Narrative

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

DOOR CAME OPEN ON TAKEOFF,LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT,STALLED,CRASHED INTO TREES OFF END OF AIRPORT AND BURNED.

## 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 NYC90LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90LA047), Jan 8, 1990: Beech V35B (N6741V), W Kingston, RI, destroyed. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE PASSENGER'S DOOR DURING TAKEOFF. THE UNSECURED PASSENGER DOOR WAS A RELATED FACTOR.

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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