# Accident 20021221033879A: Beech V35B, Denver City, TX, December 21, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2002, 15:00 local time
- Place: Denver City, TX
- Airport: Denver City Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9750° N, 102.8419° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9750&lon=-102.8419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9096Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021221033879A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 21, 2002, N9096Q, DEPARTED LA PORTE, TEXAS WITH AN INTENDED DESTINATION OF ALBUQUERQUE, NM. WHILE ENROUTE MR. JONATHAN B. CLARK (PIC) ELECTED TO LAND AT DENVER CITY, TX (E57), WHEN A PASSENGER BECAME AIRSICK. UPON LANDING RUNWAY 22 AND WHILE CORRECTING FOR A CROSSWIND AFTER TOUCHDOWN, MR. CLARK INITIATED A GO AROUND AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE IARCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AFTER A GROUND RUN OF 1,400 FEET, STRIKING AN EMBANKMENT AND SOME LOOSE PIPES, AND RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. NEITHER THE PILOT NOR THE TWO OCCUPANTS WERE INJURED. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.

## 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 FTW03LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA065), Dec 21, 2002: Beech BE-35 (N9096Q), Denver City, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the prevailing wind conditions. A contributing factor was the crosswind.

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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