# Accident 20010203006129A: Beech V35A, Albuquerque, NM, February 3, 2001 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: February 3, 2001, 20:45 local time - Place: Albuquerque, NM - Airport: Albuquerque International Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 35.0608° N, 106.6204° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0608&lon=-106.6204&mi=10 - Aircraft: N9447S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9447S-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Beech V35A (registry code 1151544, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35a) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH V35A - Reported engine: CONT TSIO520D - People aboard: 3 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 4,500 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA047) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010203006129A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) ON 02/03/01, AT APPROX. 08:45 MST, A BEECH V35A, OPERATED BY GLEN EDWARD LOYD COLLIDED WITH AN UNOCCUPIED MOONEY M20E WHILE TAXIING ON THE RAMP AT CUTTER AVIATION IN ALBUQUERQUE,NM. BOTH AIRPLANES SUFFERED DAMAGE, THE MOONEY SUBSTANTIALLY. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED AT DEMING, NM. EARLIER THAT EVENING. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR. THE PILOT INDICATED HE WAS WATCHING THE LINESMAN WHO WAS DIRECTING HIM WHERE TO PARK AND DID NOT SEE THE PARKED MOONEY. WITNESSES SAY THE PILOT WAS TAXIING AT AN UNUSUALLY HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND DID NOT SEE THE LINESMAN OR THE MOONEY UNTIL THE ANGLE OF THE A/C WAS SUCH THAT COLLISION WAS UNAVOIDABLE. (.19) ON FEBVRUARY 3, 2001, AT 2045 MST, A BEECH V035A, N9447S, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT TAXIED INTO A PARKED AIRPLANE AT ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE PILOT WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE NIGHT CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED FROM DEMMING, NEW MEXICO, APPROX. 1 HOUR 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHILE TAXIING TOWARDS A PARKING SPACE HE WAS DIRECTED BY A MARSHALER TO USE ANOTHER PARKING SPACE. WHILE CHANGINE FROM ONE SPACE TO ANOTHER, HIS AIRPLANE IMPACTED A PARKED MOONEY. (.4) ON FEBRUARY 3, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 2045 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A BEECH V-35A, N9447S, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT TAXIED INTO A PARKED AIRPLANE AT ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE PILOT WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE NIGHT CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED FROM DEMIN G, NEW MEXICO, APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR, 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHILE TAXIING TOWARDS A PARKING SPACE, HE WAS DIRECTED BY A MARSHALER TO USE ANOTHER PARKING SPACE. WHILE CHANGING FROM ONE SPACE TO ANOTHER, HIS AIRPLANE IMPACTED A PARKED MOONEY. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT SEE THE PARKED MOONEY PRIOR TO THE IMPACT. THE LEFT WING OF THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE SUSTAINED AN 8 BY 12 INCH HOLE IN THE LEADING EDGE NEAR THE PITOT STATIC TUBE. ## 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 DEN01LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA047), Feb 4, 2001: Beech V-35A (N9447S), Albuquerque, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inattention during night taxiing, which resulted in his airplane impacting a parked airplane. ## Other reports on N9447S (3) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20100711037239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100711037239A), Jul 11, 2010: Beech V35A (N9447S), Elephant Butte, NM, Substantial damage. On July 11, 2010 at 1230 MDT, N9447S, a Beech BE-V35A, landed in Elephant Butte reservoir after suffering a power loss. The pilot was the only occupant of the… - [Incident 20050919021109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050919021109I), Sep 19, 2005: Beech V35A (N9447S), Belen, NM, Minor damage. (-23) On September 19, 2005 at 2115 UTC, a Beech bonanza V-35A N9447S registered to [privacy data omitted] landed gear up at Belen Alexander Municipal Airport,… - [Incident 19780826039259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780826039259I), Aug 26, 1978: Beech V35ATC (N9447S), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. Pilot taxied into construction marker sustaining prop, engine and nose gear damage. 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.