# Accident 20030218003259A: Beech V35, Sparta, MI, February 18, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2003, 10:00 local time
- Place: Sparta, MI
- Airport: Sparta Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1283° N, 85.6772° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1283&lon=-85.6772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9439S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9439S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 468 total, 299 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030218003259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT DEPARTED PTK VFR TO 8D4, ENROUTE PILOT REQUESTED IFR CLEARANCE FROM LAN APPROACH, COULD NOT MAINTAIN VFR. AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO VFR CONDITIONS ON TOP, ENCOUNTERED ICING DURING CLIMB. PILOT CONTINUED TO 8D4 AND WAS CLEARED FOR VOR APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24. AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED MORE ICE IN DESCENT, CANCELED IFR WHEN FIELD WAS IN SIGHT. PILOT EXTENDED FULL FLAPS ON APPROACH AND AIRCRAFT STALLED, HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY, NO INJURIES.

## 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 CHI03LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA072), Feb 18, 2003: Beech V35 (N9439S), Sparta, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots improper decision to fly into known adverse weather, and his failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall. A contributing factor was airframe icing.

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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