# Accident 20010218004089A: Beech V35, Wendover, UT, February 18, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2001
- Place: Wendover, UT
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1464° N, 114.0314° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1464&lon=-114.0314&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5757K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5757K-2013-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010218004089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, PILOT DEPARTED WENDOVER, UT AIRPORT IN RAIN ON FEBRUARY 18, 2001, FOR A FLIGHT TO EUREKA, NV. AIRCRAFT DID NOT ARRIVE AND WAS THE SUBJECT OF A SEARCH. AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS FOUND ON MARCH 5, 2001. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE INDICATED THE AIRCRAFT MOST LIKELY STRUCK THE EARTH INVERTED AND VERTICAL AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.

## 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 DEN01FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA064), Feb 19, 2001: Beech V35 (N5757K), Wendover, UT, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot flying at an altitude insufficient to clear surrounding terrain. Contributing factors were the pilot becoming lost/disoriented, his subsequent spatial disorientation, and dark night…

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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