# Accident 20050724017539A: Beech V35B, Rock Hill, SC, July 24, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2005, 11:03 local time
- Place: Rock Hill, SC
- Airport: Rock Hill/York Co/Bryant Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9669° N, 81.0833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9669&lon=-81.0833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9JQ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9JQ-2013-04-18) (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 IO550*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05FA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05FA135) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050724017539A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 24, 2005, AT 1103 AM LOCAL, N9JQ, A BE-V35B, BONANZA, DURING AN APPROACH FOR LANDING TO THE ROCK HILL, SC AIRPORT, KUZA, CRASHED IN A TURN WHEN MAKING THE FINAL APPROACH. WITNESSES SAID THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING AT A LOW ALTITUDE. THE ENGINE STARTED SPUTTERING DURING THE TURN. THE ENGINE QUIT AS IT DESCENDED BELOW THE TREE LINES. THE FIRST RESPONDERS FOUND THE AIRPLANE IN A SUBDIVISION 1 MILE SW OF THE ROCK HILL, SC, KUZA, AIRPORT. THE AIRPLANE SLID 153 FEET, COMING TO REST AT THE CORNER OF A RECREATION BUILDING IN A SUBDIVISION. THE AIRPLANE ON LANDING WAS INTACT. ALL FLIGHT CONTROL SERVICES WERE INTACT. AIRPLANE SUSTAINED CRUSH DAMAGE THROUGHOUT. THE LEFT FRONT SEAT PRIVATE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT INSTRUCTOR PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE REAR SEAT PASSENGER EXPIRED ENROUTE TO A LOCAL MEDICAL FACILITY. THE WEATHER WAS VFR AT THE TIME OF THE LANDING.

## 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 ATL05FA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05FA135), Jul 24, 2005: Beech V35B (N9JQ), Rock Hill, SC, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's mismanagement of the fuel supply , which resulted in fuel starvation and subsequent loss of engine power.

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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