# Accident 20051004023709A: Beech V35B, Barnum, WY, October 4, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2005, 10:22 local time
- Place: Barnum, WY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5744° N, 107.1511° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5744&lon=-107.1511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9085Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9085Q-2006-06-23) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN06FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06FA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051004023709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 4, 2005, AT 1022 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH 35B, N9085Q, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN 13 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHWEST OF BARNUM, WYOMING. A POST IMPACT FIRE ENSUED. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED BRIDGER, MONTANA, AT 0830 AND WAS ENROUTE TO NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. ACCORDING TO THE AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER, THE PILOT CONTACTED THE CONTROLLER AND ASKED ABOUT ICING REPORTS IN THE AREA. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS "HAVING TROUBLE HOLDING ALTITUDE." AT 1022, THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RADAR AND RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WERE LOST. THE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED ON OCTOBER 5, 2005, APPROXIMATELY 1730, BY THE WASHAKIE COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM.

## 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 DEN06FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06FA001), Oct 4, 2005: Beechcraft V35B (N9085Q), Barnum, WY, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's improper in-flight planning and decision to continue flight into forecasted icing conditions and the pilot's inability to maintain aircraft control due to wing contamination in the form…

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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