# Accident 20040405004779A: Beech V35, Elko, NV, April 5, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2004, 08:20 local time
- Place: Elko, NV
- Airport: Elko Regional Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8250° N, 115.7917° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8250&lon=-115.7917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7923M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7923M-2017-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 418 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA178) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040405004779A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N7923M WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 5. RUNWAY 5 IS 7214 FEET IN LENGTH AT AN ELEVATION OF 5140 MSL. WEATHER AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT WAS CLEAR, WIND 090 @3KTS, AND TEMPERATURE OF 6 DEGREES C. THE TAKEOFF ROLL CONSUMED 5000 FEET OF RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED WALLOWING IN GROUND EFFECT AT ABOUT 12 TO 20 FEET AGL. CREDIBLE WITNESS STATEMENTS STATED THAT THE ENGINE DID NOT SEEM TO BE DEVELOPING FULL POWER. N7923M SETTLED BACK TO THE GROUND PAST THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 23 (OPPOSITE END OF TAKEOFF RUNWAY 5) AT TAXIWAY, BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN CLEARING AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE, AND IMPACTED THE GROUND HITTING HIGHWAY SIGNS, OTHER OBJECTS, AND COMING TO REST WITH POST IMPACT FIRE.

## 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 LAX04LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA178), Apr 5, 2004: Beech V35 (N7923M), Elko, NV, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's improper mixture leaning technique and failure to attain an adequate airspeed during takeoff, which resulted in a stall/mush.

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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