# Accident 19990713008929A: Beech 35BEECH, Jonesboro, AR, July 13, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1999, 09:00 local time
- Place: Jonesboro, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8423° N, 90.7043° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jonesboro, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8423&lon=-90.7043&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5BH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5BH-2002-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C35 (registry code 1151508, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA188) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990713008929A

## Narrative

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

DURING TAKEOFF TO THE SOUTH, RWY ENDED AND ACFT HIT ROCKS AT END OF RWY (GRASS STRIP), SKIPPED OVER THE DITCH AND HIGHWAY, LANDED IN THE DITCH ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF HIGHWAY. (-23)ON JULY 13, 1999, AT 0900 CDT, A BEECH C35 AIRPLANE, N5BH WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF FROM MARTY'S CLASSIC STRIP NEAR JONESBORO, ARKANSAS. DURING TAKEOFF SOUTH FROM THE 2500 FOOT GRASS STRIP, THE AIRPLANE STALLED RIGHT AFTER ROTATION AT ABOUT RUNWAYS MIDPOINT, IMPACTED GROUND WITH GEAR STRUCKING DITCH, GOIN AIRBORNE AGAIN CROSSING HWY 18 AND IMPACTING THE GROUND ON OTHER SIDE, AND COMING TO REST IN DITCH. PILOT REPORTED NO MECHANICAL PROBLEM, REVIEW OF PILOT RECORDS INDICATE LAST MEDICAL WAS IN 5/23/89. PILOT COULD NOT PRODUCE AND MEDICAL CERTIFICATE WHEN REQUESTED. STANDARD AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED TO N8977A AND THE REGISTRATION IS TO N5BH.

## 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 FTW99LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA188), Jul 13, 1999: Beech C35 (N5BH), Jonesboro, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Factors were the prevailing tailwind, and the airplane's over gross weight condition.

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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