# Accident 20000505017439A: Beech M35, Albuquerque, NM, May 5, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2000, 08:23 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N639V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N639V-2000-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech M35 (registry code 1151526, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-m35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH M35
- Reported engine: CONT IO470C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000505017439A

## Narrative

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

(.4)AS THE AIRPLANE TOOK OFF, CONTROLLERS NOTICED THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT RETRACT FULLY AND ADVISED THE PILOT, BUT HE DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE ADVISORY. THE AIRPLANE ENTERED A LEFT TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 8, THEN MADE 'STEEP TURNS' TO ENTER A RIGHT BASE LEG AND FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 8.  IT BEGAN 'ROCKING BACK AND FORTH,' THEN APPEARED TO STALL.  IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN NEAR THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD.  THE ALTERNATOR BELT WAS FOUND TO BE MISSING.  THE ALTERNATOR WAS LATER BENCH TESTED AND OPERATED NORMALLY WHEN CONNECTED TO A FRESH BATTERY.  WHEN TESTED, THE AIRPLANE'S BATTERY PRODUCED 8.49 VOLTS, ENOUGH TO ENERGIZE THE FIELD COILS, AND WAS DETERMINED TO BE CAPABLE OF BEING RECHARGED.                                                       (.19)ON FEBRUARY 5, 2000, AT 0823 MST, A BEECH M35, N639V, OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN WHILE MANEUVERING WEST OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 8 AT ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL SUNPORT, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO.  THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT CERTIFICATED PILOT AND A PASSENGER WERE SERIOUSLY INJURIED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT BEING COND UCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ALBUQUERQUE AT 0813.  PRELIMINARY INFORMATION INDICATES THE AIRPLANE TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY 3.  THE LOCAL CONTROLLER NOTICED THAT THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT RETRACT FULLY AND ADVISED THE PILOT.  THE PILOT DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE ADVISORY.  THE AIRPLANE THEN ENTERED A LEFT TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 8 AND OVER FLEW THE RUNWAY.  THE CONTROLLER AGAIN ADVISED PILOT ON THE STATUS OF THE LANDING GEAR AND ISSUED LANDING CLEARANCE FOR ANY RUNWAY.  THE PILOT DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE CLEARANCE.  THE AIRPALNE ENTERED A LEFT TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 8 AGAIN, AND OVER FLEW THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 8 ON A SOUTHWEST HEADING.  IT MADE "STEEP TURNS" TO ENTER RIGHT BASE AND FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 8.  CONTROLLERS SAID THE AIRPLANE APPEARED TO STALL ON SHORT FINAL AND IMPACT TERRAIN JUST NORTH AND WEST OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 8.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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