# Accident 20031204032709A: Beech S35, Harrison, AR, December 4, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2003, 10:06 local time
- Place: Harrison, AR
- Airport: Boone County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2492° N, 93.1547° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2492&lon=-93.1547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N350JL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N350JL-2014-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04FA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031204032709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 04, 2003, APPROX. 1006 CDT, A BEECH S35, N350JL PRIVATELY OWNED AND OPERATED, WAS DESTROYED UPOIN IMPACT WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 36 AT HRO. THE CRASH RESULTED IN TWO FATALITIES THE PILOT AND A SINGLE PASSENGER. THE PILOT WAS INSTRUMENT RATED AND HAD FILED AN 14 CFR PART 91 (IFR) CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT PLAN, (IMC) INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED IN LITTLE ROCK, AR. (LIT) WITH THE PLANNED DESTINATION BEING HARRISON, AR. (HRO). ON FIRST APPROACH PILOT CALLED HRO UNICOM AND STATED TOO HIGH AND WOULD GO DOWN WIND FOR A 36 APPROACH. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROX. 450 YRDS SHORT OF AND APPROX 100 YRDS EAST OF THE CENTER OF THE 36 END OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 FTW04FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04FA036), Dec 4, 2003: Beech S35 (N350JL), Harrison, AR, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain the proper airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Contributing factors were the pilot's failure to follow the published instrument approach procedures, and…

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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