# Accident 20030808037209A: Beech V35B, Skagway, AK, August 8, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2003, 16:45 local time
- Place: Skagway, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.4669° N, 135.3114° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.4669&lon=-135.3114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4317S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4317S-2007-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC03FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03FA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030808037209A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N4317S DEPARTED SKAGWAY RUNWAY 02. STALLED AND CRASHED INTO RISING TERRAIN DURING CLIMB OUT ON CROSSWIND LEG. SKAGWAY AIRPORT SITS IN A CANYON WITH RISING TERRAIN ON 3 SIDES. WITNESSES STATED THAT N4317S APPEARED TO HAVE BEGAN IT CROSSWIND LEG PREMATURE, BEFORE ATTAINING SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO CLEAR THE RIDGE NEAR THE DOWNWIND LEG OF THE PATTERN. TOTAL AIRFRAME HOURS NOT AVAILABLE.

## 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 ANC03FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03FA094), Aug 9, 2003: Beech V35-B (N4317S), Skagway, AK, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed and subsequent inadvertent stall, which resulted in a collision with trees during takeoff-initial climb. Factors contributing to the accident were…

## Other reports on N4317S (2)

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

- [Incident 20000314014879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000314014879I), Mar 14, 2000: Beech V35B (N4317S), Auburn, CA, Minor damage. (-23) While landing at the Auburn airport, the landing gear on N4317S, Beech V-35, collapsed. The aircraft skidded and came to a stop on the runway. Witnesses…
- [Incident 19840225012219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840225012219I), Feb 25, 1984: Beech V35B (N4317S), Eureka, CA, Minor damage. Landed gear up. Pilot claimed electrical problem and jammed gear. No mechanical or electrical defects found.

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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