# Accident 20030324004829A: Beech A36, Farmington, NM, March 24, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2003, 08:30 local time
- Place: Farmington, NM
- Airport: Four Corners Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MASS
- Location: 36.7411° N, 108.2297° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7411&lon=-108.2297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N435P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N435P-2013-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 23 total, 23 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030324004829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 24, 2003, AT 0830 MST, A BEECH BONANZA BE-36, N435P, REGISTERED TO SAN JUAN PILOT TRAINING INC., COLLIDED WITH A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT AND A DISTANCE REMAINING SIGN, ON TAKE OFF FROM THE FOUR CORNERS REGIONAL AIRPORT, FARMINGTON, NM, WHILE ON A STUDENT SOLO PRACTICE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD NOT BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED 0820 ON MARCH 24, 2003 FROM FARMINGTON, NM.

## 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 DEN03LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA056), Mar 24, 2003: Beech A36 (N435P), Farmington, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's premature liftoff resulting in his failure to attain airspeed and achieve takeoff climb. Contributing factors were the runway light and taxiway sign.

## Other reports on N435P (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20050315002989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050315002989A), Mar 15, 2005: Beech A36 (N435P), Farmington, NM, Substantial damage. (-23) Instructor pilot was observing a stage 3 check of student pilot. The student began soft field takeoff on runway 25. After becoming airborne, the student…
- [Incident 19980715021929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980715021929I), Jul 15, 1998: Beech A36 (N435P), Farmington, NM, Minor damage. First solo. During touch and go landed gear up. Failed to ascertain gear position.

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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