# Incident 19940705041889I: Beech M35, Bullhead City, AZ, July 5, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1994, 09:00 local time
- Place: Bullhead City, AZ
- Airport: Bullhead Laughlin
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1478° N, 114.5683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bullhead City, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1478&lon=-114.5683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1312Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH M35
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940705041889I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT COTTONWOOD, AZ (P52) AND TERMINATED AT BULLHEAD CITY, AZ (IFP). THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT A CLEARANCE FROM THE OPERATING CONTROL TOWER, WHICH HAD BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE MARCH 1, 1994. THE AIRCRAFT CONFLICTED WITH A CESSNA 303, WHICH WAS DEPARTING ON THE OPPOSITE RUNWAY. THE PILOT RELIED FOR HIS OPERATING INFORMATION ON THE FLIGHT GUIDE WHICH IS SOLD ON A SUBSCRIPTION BASIS BY AIRGUIDE PUBLICATIONS, OF LONG BEACH, CA. THIS PUBLICATION IS NOT APPROVED FOR USE IN NAVIGATION. THE INFORMATION IN THE COCKPIT INDICATED THAT BULLHEAD CITY AIRPORT WAS STILL UNCONTROLLED, ALTHOUGH THE CONTROL TOWER HAD ACTUALLY OPENED ON MARCH 1. A REVISION HAD BEEN ISSUED BY FLIGHT GUIDE WHICH WOULD HAVE INDICATED THE CONTROL TOWER WAS IN OPERATION, BUT THE REVISION WAS NOT MAILED BY AIRGUIDE UNTIL JUNE 27. THIS WAS TOO LATE TO BE RECEIVED BY THE PILOT BEFORE HIS FLIGHT. THE AIRGUIDE PUBLICATION CONTAINS A DISCLAIMER WHICH WARNS PILOTS THAT THE INFORMATION IN THE PUBLICATION MAY NOT BE CURRENT AND TO CONSULT THE APPROPRIATE VFR CHART FOR CURRENT INFORMATION. IN THIS CASE, THE PILOT DID NOT CONSULT CURRENT DATA BEFORE DEPARTURE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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