# Accident 20050205000829A: Beech V35B, Norwich, NY, February 5, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2005, 12:41 local time
- Place: Norwich, NY
- Airport: Lt Warren Eaton Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5578° N, 75.5278° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5578&lon=-75.5278&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35JL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35JL-2005-03-10) (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 IO520BA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 140 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC05FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05FA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050205000829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N35JL DEPARTED RUNWAY 1 AT THE NORWICH AIRPORT (OIC) AT APPROXIMATELY 1241 LOCAL TIME. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A LEFT TURN, ENTERING THE DOWNWIND PATTERN ON A SOUTHERLY HEADING. ACCORDING TO WITNESS STATEMENTS, THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE APPEARED TO BE MISFIRING, RUNNING ROUGH AND SPUTTERING. IT APPEARED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. APPROXIMATELY 500 FT. SOUTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK AN ELECTRIC POWER LINE ALONG WITH SEVERAL LARGE TREES COMING TO REST IN A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN DESTROYED BY A POST CRASH FIRE. THE PILOT THE SOLE OCCUPANT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES ON IMPACT ACCORDING TO STATEMENT BY THE MEDICAL EXAMINER. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## 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 NYC05FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05FA048), Feb 5, 2005: Beech V35B (N35JL), Norwich, NY, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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