# Accident 20010519010229A: Beech M35, Las Vegas, NV, May 19, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2001, 10:33 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas Air Terminal
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 36.2117° N, 115.1956° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2117&lon=-115.1956&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9820R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9820R-2002-01-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech M35 (registry code 1151526, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-m35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH M35
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX01FA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01FA186) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010519010229A

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT DEPARTED VGT NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV AIRPORT AT 1721 GMT (1021PDT) ON SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2001 AND FLEW TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST. WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 4 MINTUES THE PILOT RADIOED THE TOWER FROM THE AREA NEAR LONE MOUNTAIN (5 MILES NORTHWEST).  PILOT STATED THE AIRPLANE WAS LOSING OIL PRESSURE AND SHOWED EXTREMELY HIGH OIL TEMPERATURE.  VGT TOWER CLEARED THE PILOT TO LAND ON ANY RUNWAY.  PILOT MADE A FINAL FOR RUNWAY 7.  HE LANDED INVERTED IN A DIRT LOT 1/2 MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY 7.  AIRPLANE DAMAGE REVEALED LEFT WING HAD STRUCK A LIGHT POLE WHICH SHEARED OFF THE OUTBOARD PORTION  OF THE LEFT WING.  AIRPLANE ROLLED INVERTED AND LANDED UPSIDE DOWN.  PILOT WAS SOLE OCCUPANT AND WAS FATALLY INJURED IN THE IMPACT.  ENGINE OIL WAS VISIBLE ALONG THE ENTIRE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRPLANE.

## 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 LAX01FA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01FA186), May 19, 2001: Beech M35 (N9820R), North Las Vegas, NV, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot/owner's failure to correctly install the oil filter, which resulted in oil exhaustion and a loss of engine power. Also causal was his attempt to modify the design of the oil filter element…

## Other reports on N9820R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19850210008849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850210008849I), Feb 10, 1985: Beech M35 (N9820R), Cuyama, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot turned propeller through by hand with mags on. Engine started and aircraft taxied into hangar.

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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