# Accident 20030929026259A: Beech 35BEECH, Belen, NM, September 29, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2003, 05:30 local time
- Place: Belen, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6367° N, 106.8450° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6367&lon=-106.8450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3853N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3853N-2004-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35 (registry code 1151502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 866 total, 578 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03FA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03FA157) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030929026259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2003 AT 0530 MDT, A BEECH 35, N3853N, REGISTERED TO CARLOS E. GARCIA IMPACTED THE GROUND ONE AND A HALF MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE ALEXANDER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, BELEN NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A PERSONAL NIGHT CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ALEXANDER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, BELEN NEW MEXICO ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 0525 MDT.

## 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 DEN03FA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03FA157), Sep 29, 2003: Beech 35 (N3853N), Belen, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control immediately after takeoff due to spatial disorientation. A factor was the dark night light conditions.

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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