# Accident 20030209004149A: Beech G35, Urbana, IL, February 9, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2003, 14:00 local time
- Place: Urbana, IL
- Airport: Frasca Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1004° N, 88.1998° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1004&lon=-88.1998&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4668D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4668D-2013-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech G35 (registry code 1151516, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH G35
- Reported engine: CONT E2258
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 475 total, 150 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030209004149A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FRASCA FIELD (C16), URBANA, ILLINOIS, ON A LOCAL SOLO TRAINING FLIGHT. THE PILOT HAD PERFORMED CHANDELLES, LAZY EIGHTS, AND WAS PERFORMING STEEP TURNS WHEN THE RUDDER PEDALS BEGAN TO VIBRATE WHILE IN A LEFT TURN. HE LANDED AT C16 WITHOUT INCIDENT. GROUND INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT RUDDERVATOR WAS LOOSE, THE LEFT STABILATOR SPAR WAS CRACKED, AND THE FUSELAGE WAS WRINKLED AHEAD OF THE RUDDERVATORS. INSPECTION ALSO REVEALED THAT THE RUDDERVATOR TRIM TABS WERE INSTALLED IMPROPERLY. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 CHI03LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA067), Feb 9, 2003: Beech BE-G35 (N4668D), Urbana, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial failure of the left stabilizer in overload.

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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