# Accident 20070902019449A: Beech B35, Borger, TX, September 2, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2007, 13:58 local time
- Place: Borger, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6856° N, 101.3753° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6856&lon=-101.3753&mi=10
- Aircraft: N118TT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N118TT-2018-01-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B35 (registry code 1151506, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B35
- Reported engine: CONT E2258
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 422 total, 91 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA191) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070902019449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 9/20/2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 1358 CDT, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE IN N118TT, A BE-35-B35 BONANZA, MANUFACTURED IN 1950. THE PILOT DEPARTED HICKS FIELD (T67), IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS ON 9/2/2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 1205 CDT FOR A VFR FLIGHT TO THE HUTCHINSON COUNTY AIRPORT (KBGD) IN BORGER, TEXAS, WITH HIS 16 YEAR OLD SON, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AS A PASSENGER. THE PILOT STATED HE BEGAN HIS DESCENT AND REQUESTED AN AIRPORT ADVISORY FROM THE KBGD UNICOM. THEY WERE USING RUNWAY 17. HE STATED THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STOPPED WHEN HE SWITCHED FROM THE RIGHT FUEL TANK TO THE LEFT FUEL TANK, PER HIS NORMAL PROCEDURE. HE DETERMINED HE WAS UNABLE TO LAND ON RUNWAY 17 AND DECIDED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 35. HE BEGAN USING THE WOBBLE PUMP WHICH ALLOWED THE ENGINE TO OPERATE MOMENTARILY BUT DID NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT POWER TO MAKE THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A SUBDIVISION APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY 35, AND CAME TO REST IN FRONT OF A HOUSE LOCATED AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OWNED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE SEVERELY INJURED. NO ONE ON THE GROUND WAS INJURED.

## 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 DFW07LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA191), Sep 2, 2007: Beech B35 (N118TT), Borger, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power while on approach due to fuel starvation. Contributing to the accident were a corroded carburetor fuel needle valve, inlet fuel screen and no suitable terrain for the forced…

## Other reports on N118TT (1)

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

- [Incident 20000513017989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000513017989I), May 13, 2000: Beech B35 (N118TT), South Haven, MI, Minor damage. (-23)It was windy and bumpy. He had about a 35 degree crab in and was concentrating on his alignment with the runway (22) and forgot to lower the gear and land…

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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