# Accident 20050703015969A: Beech V35, Defuniak Sprin, FL, July 3, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2005, 12:11 local time
- Place: Defuniak Sprin, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7411° N, 86.1150° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7411&lon=-86.1150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2056W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2056W-2006-11-03) (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 IO520BA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 109 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05FA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050703015969A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED HOUSTON, PARELAND REGIONAL AIRPORT (LVJ) AT 08:42 CST ENROUTE TO PANAMA CITY (PFN) ON A IFR FLIGHT PLAN WITH 4.5 HRS OF FUEL, PILOT AND ONE PAX ONBOARD. AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 CST AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED ENGINE PROBLEMS, PILOT CONTACTED EGLIN AFB, AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO REACH DE FUNIAK SPRINGS AIRPORT (54J). AIRCRAFT CRASHED 3.84 TACH HRS INTO FLIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 08:11CST IN A SWAMPY AREA THREE MILES EAST, NORTH EAST OF THE AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 MIA05FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05FA130), Jul 3, 2005: Beech V35 (N2056W), De Funiak Sprgs, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of engine power during cruise flight for an undetermined reason, which resulted in an emergency descent and an in-flight collision with tress and terrain.

## Other reports on N2056W (1)

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

- [Incident 19831014065629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831014065629I), Oct 14, 1983: Beech V35 (N2056W), Mccook, NE, Minor damage. Retracted the landing gear on the rollout instead of the flaps.

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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