# Accident 19971127035739A: Beech S35, Chatham, MA, November 27, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 1997, 11:40 local time
- Place: Chatham, MA
- Airport: Chatham Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6883° N, 69.9897° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHATHAM MUNI (CQX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6883&lon=-69.9897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5667K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5667K-1998-04-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 1,400 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98FA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971127035739A

## Narrative

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

(TTY) ACFT CRASHED UND UNK CIRC WHILE LANDING, PILOT SUFFER FATAL INJ, PASS SERIOUS INJ, CHATHAM, MA. (.4)ACCORDING TO THE PASSENGERS, THE AIRPLANE LANDED ON RUNWAY 24.  THE WIND 'AFFECTED THE AIRPLANE,' AND THE PILOT ABORTED THE LANDING.  THE INITIAL CLIMB WAS NORMAL, AND THE ENGINE PRODUCED MAXIMUM POWER.  THEN, AN 'UNKNOWN FORCE SLAM[MED] THE LEFT WING DOWN,' AND THE AIRPLANE ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES.  THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED TOWARD A POND AND IMPACTED TREES.  ONE OF THE PASSENGERS HEARD THE STALL WARNING HORN AFTER THE UPSET, BUT SAID SHE DID NOT FEEL A STALL; IT WAS 'MORE OF A VIOLENT DOWN DRAFT FORCING THE LEFT WING DOWN.'  SEVERAL WITNESSES REPORTED OBSERVING THE AIRPLANE AT THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 24 IN A CLIMB, JUST ABOVE THE TREES, WHEN IT BANKED 90 DEGREES LEFT AND DESCENDED INTO THE TREES.  THE WITNESSES ALSO REPORTED HEARING THE ENGINE, AND STATED THAT IT SOUNDED LOUD. THE REPORTED WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE FROM 290 DEGREES AT 17 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 33 KNOTS, WITH A PEAK GUST OF 42 KNOTS.  EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE AND ENGINE DID NOT REVEAL ANY EVIDENCE OF A MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION.                                                                  (-23) SEE NARRATIVE # NYC98FA034.

## 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 NYC98FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98FA034), Nov 27, 1997: Beech BE-S35 (N5667K), Chatham, MA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during initial climb which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent impact into trees. Related factors were high wind and turbulence.

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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