# Accident 20030204003539A: Beech F35, Middletown, CA, February 4, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2003, 07:50 local time
- Place: Middletown, CA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7333° N, 122.5833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7333&lon=-122.5833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3361C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3361C-2003-05-22) (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 IO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030204003539A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT TOOK OFF FROM PRIVATE RUNWAY IN MIDDLETOWN, CA. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF INTO SOFT DIRT AND RAN THROUGH A FENCE AND RAN INTO THE HOUSE.

## 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 LAX03LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA082), Feb 4, 2003: Beech F35 (N3361C), Middletown, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain an adequate takeoff airspeed and failure to abort the takeoff when the lack of acceleration was apparent.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.