# Accident 20070502014819A: Beech V35B, Kayenta, AZ, May 2, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2007, 13:55 local time
- Place: Kayenta, AZ
- Airport: Kayenta
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7094° N, 110.2367° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7094&lon=-110.2367&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3210L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3210L-2013-04-11) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,245 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070502014819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE. WHILE ATTEMPTING A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT KAYENTA, AZ THE PILOT LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT REPORTED MINOR INJURIES. (-23 AMENDMENT) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 12,500 FEET MSL HE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF ELEVATOR CONTROL. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS ABLE TO RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT AT 8,000 FEET MSL. THEN, USING POWER AND AILERONS, THE PILOT STATED HE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD JUST SHORT OF THE KAYENTA AIRPORT. THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT ENCOUNTER ANY TURBULENCE DURING THE FLIGHT.

## 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 SEA07LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA118), May 2, 2007: Beech V35B (N3210L), Kayenta, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The overstress separation of both ruddervators during cruise flight. Contributing to the accident was the flight's encounter with turbulence.

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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