# Accident 19990606023959A: Beech 35BEECH, Boonville, NY, June 6, 1999 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: June 6, 1999, 14:37 local time - Place: Boonville, NY - Airport: Boonville Inc Airport - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 43.4799° N, 75.3306° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4799&lon=-75.3306&mi=10 - Aircraft: N3191V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3191V-2002-04-08) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Beech 35 (registry code 1151502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 250 in this make and model - NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD99LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99LA048) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990606023959A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.19) ON JUNE 6, 1999, AT 1437 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH BE-35 BONANZA, N3191V, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING COLLISION WITH TREES AND TERRAIN AFTER TAKEOFF FROM THE BOONVILLE INCORPORATED AIRPORT (1NK7), BOONVILLE, NEW YORK. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED IN A POST-CRASH FIRE. THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED AT BOONVILLE, DESTINED FOR CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. IN A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW, THE PILOT STATED: "WE HAD WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTH AND THE RUNWAY WAS ORIENTED 13 AND 31. IT LOOKED ON THE WINDSOCK LIKE IT WAS FAVORING 31, BUT IT WASN'T. I TOOK IT OFF THE RUNWAY TOO SLOW AND THE TORQUE JUST TOOK OVER. I COULD FEEL IT HAPPENING AND I WAS WONDERING, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING?' I THOUGHT AS I GAINED AIRSPEED, I WOULD GAIN RUDDER CONTROL, WHICH I DID, BUT BY THAT TIME I WAS OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. "I WAS JUST ABOUT HALF THE WIDTH OF THE AIRPLANE OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. I THOUGHT I WAS PAST THE SHRUB ON THE RIGHT, BUT I WASN'T. I PUT THE RIGHT WING DOWN ON THAT SIDE AND I HIT IT. THE WING HIT THE BUSH AND PULLED US AROUND IN ALMOST A HALF CIRCLE. WE ENDED UP SLIDING BACKWARDS DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE WING HIT FIRST, THEN THE NOSE, THEN BACKWARDS. BUT THAT WAS THE OUTCOME, NOT THE CAUSE. "MECHANICALLY, EVERYTHING WAS WORKING GREAT. I HAD 2,500 RPM, NO PROBLEMS THERE. IT WAS A HOT, GUSTY DAY WITH VERY POOR LIFT PERFORMANCE. IT JUST TAKES ONE INSTANT TO MAKE A WRONG DECISION, AND AWAY YOU GO. WHEN I TAXIED OUT I LOOKED AT THE WINDSOCK AND IT LOOKED LIKE IT FAVORED 31. BY THE TIME IT WAS ALL OVER, THE WINDS WERE FAVORING 13." THE WINDS REPORTED AT UTICA, NEW YORK, 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOONVILLE WERE FROM 240 DEGREES AT 5 KNOTS. THE PILOT REPORTED APPROXIMATELY 4,500 HOURS OF FLIGHT EXPERIENCE, 250 HOURS OF WHICH WERE IN THE BE-35. (-23) AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF ON RWY 33 WITH A LEFT CROSSWIND. THE PILOT TRIED TO TAKEOFF TOO SOON, TOO SLOW. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE GROUND AND VEERED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, STRIKING SOME SMALL PINE TREES WITH THE PROP AND THE RIGHT WING. THE NOSE OF THE PLANE HIT THE GROUND, THEN THE RIGHT WING, TURNING THE PLANE INTO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, AND CAME TO REST. THE FUEL SPILLED OUT AND TH E GRASS AND PLANE BURST INTO FLAMES, DESTROYING THE PLANE. (.4) THE PILOT DEPARTED WITH A TAILWIND AND ROTATED AT LOW AIRSPEED. AT LIFTOFF, THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED LEFT, AND STRUCK TWO SMALL TREES ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AFTER COLLISION WITH THE TREES, THE AIRPLANE ROTATED 180 DEGREES AND CAME TO REST UPRIGHT FACING OPPOSITE THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. THE OCCUPANTS ESCAPED WITH MINOR INJURIES BUT A POST CRASH FIRE CONSUMED THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT REPORTED THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL DEFICIENCIES WITH THE AIRPLANE. HE SAID, 'I TOOK OFF THE RUNWAY TOO SLOW AND THE TORQUE JUST TOOK OVER.' ## 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 IAD99LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99LA048), Jun 6, 1999: Beech BE-35 (N3191V), Boonville, NY, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain takeoff speed and his failure to maintain directional control. ## Other reports on N3191V (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 19770713016939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770713016939A), Jul 13, 1977: Beech 35BEECH (N3191V), Clinton, IA, Substantial damage. Two supporting base studs of #2 cyl failed,cyl separated. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.