# Accident 20030313008089A: Beech V35B, Humacoa, PR, March 13, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2003, 18:15 local time
- Place: Humacoa, PR
- Airport: Humacao Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.1378° N, 65.8006° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.1378&lon=-65.8006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35SR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35SR-2006-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,325 total, 385 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030313008089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AS PER STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT, THE PILOT LANDED WITHOUT DISENGAGING THE YAW DAMPER RESULTING IN LOSS OF RUDDER CONTROL. AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE GRASS OFF THE RUNWAY INTO A DITCH IMPACTING A CONCRETE WALL. AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, PILOT MINOR INJURIES AND PASSENGER SERIOUS INJURIES (BROKEN WRIST AND FOREHEAD CUTS AND BRUISES).

## 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 MIA03LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA075), Mar 13, 2003: Beech V35B (N35SR), Humacao, PR, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in the airplane departing the left side of the runway, and impacting with a ditch. Factors in this accident…

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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