# Accident 20000623014699A: Beech M35, Los Alamos, NM, June 23, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2000, 12:10 local time
- Place: Los Alamos, NM
- Airport: Los Alamos Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8894° N, 106.2797° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8894&lon=-106.2797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9304Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9304Y-2000-08-14) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,005 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000623014699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 23, 2000, AT APPROX. 1210 MDT, A BEECH, BE-M35, N9304Y SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE A/C DEPARTED THE END OF THE RWY STRIKING A BLAST FENCE DURING LANDING ROLL AT LOS ALAMOS, NM. THIS ACCIDENT WAS A RESULT OF A LONG AND FAST LANDING ON RWY 27 AT LOS ALAMOS DURING A BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW. THE A/C WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT/OWNER OF N9304Y SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. (.4)THE PILOT WAS COMPLETING A FLIGHT REVIEW AND PERFORMING A FULL STOP LANDING AT THE AIRPORT WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WAS BASED.  THE AIRPORT ALTITUDE WAS 7,171 FEET MSL, THE TEMPERATURE WAS 72 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, AND THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS COMPUTED TO BE 9,300 FEET.  THE WIND WAS A 4 KNOT TAILWIND COMPONENT.  THUS, THE GROUND SPEED WAS CALCULATED TO BE 31 KNOTS ABOVE THE INDICATED AIRSPEED AND THE PILOT SAID HE LANDED 'LONG AND FAST.'  THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY DURING LANDING ROLL AND STRUCK THE BLAST FENCE. THE COLLISION DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT; HOWEVER, THE PRIVATE PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CHECK PILOT WERE NOT INJURED.

## 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 DEN00LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA117), Jun 23, 2000: Beech M35 (N9304Y), Los Alamos, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of distance/speed resulting in an overrun and subsequent collision with a blast fence. Contributing factors were high density altitude, a tailwind, and the blast fence.

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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