# Accident 20050215003679A: Beech 35C33, Clearwater, FL, February 15, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2005, 17:20 local time
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9547° N, 82.7450° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9547&lon=-82.7450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3NM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3NM-2017-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-C33 (registry code 1151408, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35C33
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05FA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050215003679A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 15, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1735 LOCAL TIME, A BEECH 35-C35, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ COLLIDED WITH A HOUSE WHILE ON A MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT DURING CLIMB. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND FLIGH PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PIC AND OTHER PILOT/OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CLEARWATER AIRPARK (CLW) AT APPROXIMATELY 1715 LOCAL TIME.

## 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 ANC05FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05FA034), Feb 15, 2005: Beech 35-C33 (N3NM), Clearwater, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of engine power during initial climb due to fuel exhaustion, the pilot's failure to refuel the airplane, and the pilot's failure to maintain minimum airspeed, which resulted in an…

## Other reports on N3NM (1)

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

- [Incident 19980605025949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980605025949I), Jun 5, 1998: Beech 35C33 (N3NM), Clewiston, FL, Minor damage. Aircraft was being repositioned on airport. Aircraft was on the edge of a dirt runway and while taxing thru a grassy area nosewheel struck a ditch. No…

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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