# Accident 20020520012229A: Beech 35BEECH, Stephenville, TX, May 20, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2002, 10:50 local time
- Place: Stephenville, TX
- Airport: Clark Field Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2153° N, 98.1775° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2153&lon=-98.1775&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3157V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3157V-2002-09-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35 (registry code 1151502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02FA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02FA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020520012229A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON MAY 20, 2002, APPROXIMATELY 1050 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH BE-35 AIRPLANE, N3157V, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN WHILE MANEUVERING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 14 AT CLARK FIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AERIAL OBSERVATION FLIGHT. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT 0945 FROM CLARK FIELD. (-23) ON MAY 20, 2002, AT 10:54 CDT, A BEECHCRAFT BONANZA BE-35, N3157V, OWNED BY AND REGISTERED TO KELLY DON WASON, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^              CRASHED ON APPROACH TO CLARK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS FOLLOWING A 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT FOR THE PURPOSE OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES. THE PILOT HELD A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM CLARK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS.

## 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 FTW02FA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02FA155), May 20, 2002: Beech BE-35 (N3157V), Stephenville, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control and adequate airspeed, resulting in the inadvertent stall/spin. A contributing factor was the low altitude.

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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