# Accident 19971227043679A: Beech 35B33, Denver, CO, December 27, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1997, 14:51 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Centennial Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5809° N, 104.8607° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5809&lon=-104.8607&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5743K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5743K-1999-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-B33 (registry code 1151406, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-b33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35B33
- Reported engine: CONT IO470K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 879 total, 177 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971227043679A

## Narrative

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

RUNWAY INTO WIND CLOSED. SLID OFF ICY RWY 35 IN STRONG CROSSWIND INTO SNOWBANK. CROSS WIND COMPSONENT EXCEEDED. (.4)THE PREVAILING WIND FAVORED LANDING ON RUNWAY 28, BUT IT WAS CLOSED DUE TO A PREVIOUS INCIDENT AND THE AIRPLANE WAS BLOCKING THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT ACCEPTED RUNWAY 35R FOR LANDING.  THE WIND WAS FROM 290 DEGREES AT 20 KNOTS, WITH GUSTS TO 28 KNOTS.  AS THE PILOT ALIGNED THE AIRPLANE WITH THE RUNWAY, HE NOTICED 'SNOW FINGERS' ACROSS THE RUNWAY SO HE PLANNED HIS TOUCHDOWN BETWEEN THE CENTERLINE AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN AND THE CROSSWIND CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO DRIFT RIGHT.  THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT STRUCK A SNOW BERM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  ACCORDING TO THE BEECH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, THE MAXIMUM DEMONSTRATED CROSSWIND COMPONENT FOR THE BEECH 35-B33 IS 17 KNOTS.  THIS WOULD PRODUCE A CROSSWIND COMPONENT OF ABOUT 17 KNOTS AND A HEADWIND COMPONENT ABOUT 10 KNOTS.  GUSTS OF 28 KNOTS WOULD PRODUCE A CROSSWIND COMPONENT OF ABOUT 24 KNOTS AND A HEADWIND COMPONENT OF 14 KNOTS.                        (-23)THE PREFERRED WAS DUE TO AN EARLIER INCIDENT CAUSING THE PILOT TO LAND                                      ON 35 RIGHT WITH WINDS 290 @ 20 GUSTING TO 28. THE RUNWAY WAS ICEY, HAD BLOWING SLOW AND RIDGES ALONG THE EDGE.  THE PILOT LOST CONTROL SHORTLY AFTER LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE SNOW BANK.

## 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 FTW98LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA079), Dec 27, 1997: Beech 35-B33 (N5743K), Englewood, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to land in wind conditions that exceeded the airplane's crosswind component, and his failure to divert to an alternate airport with runways more nearly aligned with 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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