# Accident 20080421831449A: Beech G35, Melbourne, FL, April 21, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2008, 14:30 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4606D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4606D-2018-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech G35 (registry code 1151516, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH G35
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,200 total, 0 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080421831449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) LEFT PARIS TENN (PHT) ON 4/20/208 FOR MELBOURNE, FLORIDA (MLB) PASSING NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL, AT 95FL, 120 TO 130 K EXPERIENCED A FLUTTER THAT PROGRESSED TO OSCILLATIONS. OSCILLATIONS FELT LIKE "BANGS" AND ENGINE COWLING LIFTED EACH TIME. PILOT STATED HE PULLED BACK POWER AND THE OSCILLATIONS SUBSIDED. PILOT MADE SLOW DESCENT AND LANDED MELBOURNE. REVIEW OF AIRCRAFT REVEALED CREASING AND TWISTING OF REAR FUSELAGE. SKIN TORN LOOSE AND FLIGHT CONTROL CREASED AS WELL. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE REVEALED ON INTERIOR VIEW OF REAR FUSELAGE. PILOT'S STATEMENT TO FOLLOW.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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