# Accident 19990702008069A: Beech V35, Baton Rouge, LA, July 2, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1999, 09:57 local time
- Place: Baton Rouge, LA
- Airport: Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5396° N, 91.2210° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5396&lon=-91.2210&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5608S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5608S-2000-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99FA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99FA177) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990702008069A

## Narrative

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

ACFT TOOK OFF FROM RWY 22L, TURNED NORTHBOUND, LEVELED THE WINGS, THE LEFT WING DIPPED, AND THE ACFT BANKED LEFT AND LOST ALTITUDE, THE ACFT THEN CRASHED ONTO TWY A AND EXPLODED ON IMPACT, THE PILOT/SOLE OCCUPANT SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (FROM .19)  ON JULY 2, 1999, AT 0959 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH V35 SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANE, N5608S, OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT, WAS DESTROYED DURING TAKEOFF FROM THE BATON ROUGE METROPOLITAN, RYAN FIELD AIRPORT, BATON ROUGE, LA.  THE INSTRUMENT RATED COMMERCIAL PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS FATALLY INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 PERSONAL CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT TO TALLULAH, LA.  THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED RUNWAY 22L AND TURNED RIGHT.  WITNESSES REPORTED OBSERVING THE AIRCRAFT BANK LEFT, THEN RIGHT, AND THEN IT BANKED LEFT WITH ITS NOSE DOWN.  THE WITNESSES FURTHER REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NEAR VERTICAL NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE, THEN BURST INTO FLAMES.  THE ACFT WAS CONSUMED BY POSTIMPACT FIRE.   (-23) A/C DEPARTED RUNWAY 22L AT BTR, MADE A RIGHT CLIMBING TURN AND THEN IMPACTED GROUND ON TAXIWAY. A/C BURNED AND PILOT KILLED.

## 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 FTW99FA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99FA177), Jul 2, 1999: Beech V35 (N5608S), Baton Rouge, LA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's performance of an abrupt maneuver immediately after takeoff, which resulted in an inadvertent stall.

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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