# Accident 20030330005369A: Beech V35A, Las Vegas, NV, March 30, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2003, 20:40 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas Air Terminal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2117° N, 115.1958° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2117&lon=-115.1958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95DC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95DC-2012-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35A (registry code 1151544, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030330005369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 30, 2003 AT ABOUT 2130 LOCAL TIME, A BEECH V35A, N95DC MADE A FORCED LANDING AND COLLIDED WITH OBSTACLES FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DURING A DEPARTURE FROM (VGT) AIRPORT. THE PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE. BOTH WING TIP TANKS WERE DESTROYED. RIGHT MAIN FUEL TANKS WERE BADLY DAMAGED AND THE LEFT MAIN FUEL TANK WAS SLIGHTLY DAMAGED. BOTH TANKS WERE EMPTY. FUEL SELECTOR CONTROL WAS SELECTED (POINTED) TO RIGHT TIP TANK. FLIGHT CONTROLS CONTINUITY CHECK APPEARED NORMAL. ENGINE CONTINUITY CHECK ALSO APPEARED NORMAL.

## 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 LAX03LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA121), Mar 31, 2003: Beech V35A (N95DC), North Las Vegas, NV, destroyed. Probable cause: Fuel starvation due to the pilot's mismanagement of his fuel supply and failure to verify the fuel quantity onboard prior to departure.

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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