20050101000289A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech G35 · Falmouth, MA · January 1, 2005

Date: January 1, 2005 · 11:15 local
Place: Falmouth, MA
Airport: Falmouth Airpart Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N333EG
NTSB investigation: NTSBIAD05LA030
Reported as: Beech G35
Reported engine: Continental E2258
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 790 total64 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N333EGRegistration cancelled Jul 20, 2017 · Beech G35S/N D-4636 · Built 1956 Airframe modelBeech G35 Engine modelContinental E225 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) During taxi, at 1400L hrs, from personal residence, pilot increased engine power to taxi aircraft through approximately 2 inches of snow. When aircraft accelerated the pilot retarded the throttles, but the aircraft engine did not reduce power and the aircraft continued to accelerate. The pilot stated that he pulled the throttle two times trying to reduce the engine RPM, but had no effect. The aircraft continued to taxi approximately 56 feet until stopped hitting trees across the taxiway opposite the pilot's residence. Substantial damage was sustained to the following: left wing tip; right wing leading edge approximately 12 inches into the wing stopping at and damaging the forward wing spar; right wing aft spar upper cap is buckled at the center section right wing lower side at the forward wing to fuselage area buckled; the right side and bottom of the fuselage is buckled and the longerons are damaged; engine firewall buckled. No injuries to the pilot or passenger sustained.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING TAXI, AT 1400L HRS, FROM PERSONAL RESIDENCE, PILOT INCREASED ENGINE POWER TO TAXI AIRCRAFT THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES OF SNOW. WHEN AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED THE PILOT RETARDED THE THROTTLES, BUT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE DID NOT REDUCE POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE PULLED THE THROTTLE TWO TIMES TRYING TO REDUCE THE ENGINE RPM, BUT HAD NO EFFECT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TAXI APPROXIMATELY 56 FEET UNTIL STOPPED HITTING TREES ACROSS THE TAXIWAY OPPOSITE THE PILOT'S RESIDENCE. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE FOLLOWING: LEFT WING TIP; RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE APPROXIMATELY 12 INCHES INTO THE WING STOPPING AT AND DAMAGING THE FORWARD WING SPAR; RIGHT WING AFT SPAR UPPER CAP IS BUCKLED AT THE CENTER SECTION RIGHT WING LOWER SIDE AT THE FORWARD WING TO FUSELAGE AREA BUCKLED; THE RIGHT SIDE AND BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE IS BUCKLED AND THE LONGERONS ARE DAMAGED; ENGINE FIREWALL BUCKLED. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER SUSTAINED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB IAD05LA030Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFalmouth, MAThe pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during taxi. A factor was the snow-covered taxiway.Jan 1, 2005 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N333EG · 1

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

Incident 19800106011059ILevel Off Touchdown · Brookville, OHAircraft touched down on partial extended main gear and propeller. Minor damage gear doors and propeller.Jan 6, 1980 · Reported as Beech 35BEECH · Minor damage