# Accident 19970728020829A: Beech F35, Richards, MO, July 28, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1997, 09:37 local time
- Place: Richards, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8997° N, 94.5509° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8997&lon=-94.5509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3835B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3835B-2013-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F35 (registry code 1151514, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F35
- Reported engine: CONT E2258
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 424 total, 142 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW97FA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97FA292) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970728020829A

## Narrative

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

(.4)THE LEFT WING SEPARATED AS THE NONINSTRUMENT-RATED PRIVATE PILOT PENETRATED THUNDERSTORMS. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE SUNDANCE AIRPORT, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, ABOUT 0800, EN ROUTE TO OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, WITH A PLANNED FUEL STOP AT TRENTON, MISSOURI.  WEATHER RADAR DATA AND RADAR GROUND TRACK SHOWED THE AIRPLANE PROCEEDING TO THE NORTHEAST AND INITIALLY OUTSIDE OF PRECIPITATION AND IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.  ABOUT THE TIME THE AIRPLANE MADE AN INITIAL DEVIATION TOWARDS THE SOUTH, THE RADAR DATA INDICATED THAT IT WAS IN THE VICINITY OF AN AREA OF CONVECTION. THE AIRPLANE FLEW SOUTH UNTIL IT WAS CLEAR OF THE FIRST SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM AND THEN TURNED TOWARD THE NORTHEAST TO RESUME COURSE.  THE RADAR DATA INDICATED THAT SHORTLY AFTER RESUMING THE NORTHEAST TRACK, THE AIRPLANE PENETRATED A VIP LEVEL THREE OR FOUR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM AND REMAINED IN THE CELL UNTIL GROUND IMPACT.  LOCAL RESIDENTS NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE REPORTED THAT THERE WERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN IN THE AREA AROUND THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO FAA RECORDS, THERE WERE NO WEATHER BRIEFINGS GIVEN TO THE PILOT.  THE PILOT HAD A TOTAL OF 1.9 HOURS SIMULATED INSTRUMENT TIME RECORDED I N HIS PILOT LOGBOOK.

## 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 FTW97FA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97FA292), Jul 28, 1997: Beech F35 (N3835B), Richards, MO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued flight into adverse weather and the loss of aircraft control which resulted in the aircraft exceeding its design stress limits. Factors were the pilot's failure to obtain a…

## Other reports on N3835B (1)

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

- [Incident 19860915050399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860915050399I), Sep 15, 1986: Beech E35 (N3835B), Edinburg, TX, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on rollout. Cause undetermined.

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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