# Accident 20021225035919A: Beech F35, Ft Lauderdale, FL, December 25, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 2002, 11:30 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0025° N, 80.2453° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0025&lon=-80.2453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4268B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4268B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F35 (registry code 1151514, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F35
- Reported engine: CONT E2258
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021225035919A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON DECEMBER 25, 2002, AT 1130 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A BEECH F-35, BONANZA N4268B, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, AND OPERATED BY THE AIR TRANSPORT PILOT, EXPERIENCED AN AIRFRAME VIBRATION WHILE DESCENDING OUT OF 3,500 FEET 25 MILES WEST OF THE HOLLYWOOD NORTH PERRY AIRPORT IN HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA. THE PILOT SLOWED THE AIRPLANE AND LANDED AT THE HOLLYWOOD NORTH PERRY AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 AND VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN NAPLES, FLORIDA, AT AN UNKNOWN TIME. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHILE DESCENDING FROM 3,500 FEET AT 180 KNOTS INDICATED AIRSPEED FOR LANDING AT THE HOLLYWOOD AIRPORT THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO VIBRATE. THE PILOT REDUCED POWER AND RAISED THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE TO SLOW IT'S SPEED. AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT FOUND THAT THE EMPENNAGE AFT OF THE REAR BULKHEAD HAD SUBSTANTIAL WRINKLING NEAR THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS. (-23) ON DECEMBER 25, 2002, AT 1130 HRS. A BEECH F-35 BONANZA N4268B DEPART                        ED NAPLES FL. HEADING TO NORTH PERRY AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL AND OPERATED BY AN AIR TRANSPORT PILOT. WHILE THE PILOT WAS DESCENDING OUT OF 3,500 FEET AND WEST OF NORTH PERRY AIRPORT, THE PILOT FELT VIBRATION IN THE AIRCRAFT WHERE HE PULLED THE POWER BACK TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT DOWN. THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT FOUND THAT THE EMPENNAGE AFT OF THE REAR BULKHEAD HAD SUBSTANTIAL WRINKLING NEAR THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS.

## 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 ATL03LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA031), Dec 25, 2002: Beech F-35 (N4268B), Hollywood, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot exceeded the design limits of the airplane which resulted in an in flight structural failure.

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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