# Accident 20080512840179A: Beech V35, Bristol, OH, May 12, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2008, 11:05 local time
- Place: Bristol, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7189° N, 81.7233° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7189&lon=-81.7233&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7947M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7947M-2013-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- Reported engine: CONT IO520B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 890 total, 100 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08FA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08FA133) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080512840179A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 12,2008, AIRCRAFT N7947M, A BE-35, WAS ON A CFR PART 91, IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM (HTS) ENROUTE TO (ROC). THE PILOT HAD REQUESTED A HIGHER ALTITUDE AFTER STATING, "CAN WE TRY GOING UP TWO OR THREE HUNDRED FEET? I THINK WE'RE RIGHT IN THE TOPS WHERE WE ARE." ATC CLEARED HIM TO 9,000 FEET MSL, TRACKING ON A NROTH-NORTHEAST COURSE. AT 1056 LOCAL TIME THE PILOT MADE HIS LAST KNOWN COMMUNICATION. AT LL02, THE AIRCRAFT MADE A 35 DEGREE RIGHT TURN TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 9,100 FEET MSL.  AT 1103, THE AIRPLANE MADE A LEFT TURN TO THE HEADING OF NORTH. THE AIRCRAFT THEN ENTERED A DESCENDING RIGHT SPIRAL. DURING THE NEXT 40 SECONDS, THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED FROM 9,100 TO 7,800 FEET MSL. AT 1104, THE FINAL RADAR RETURN WAS RECORDED WITHOUT ANY ALTITUDE INFORMATION. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE AND DEBRIS PATH SUPPORTS AN IN-FLIGHT BREAKUP.  THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE, PROPELLER, AND PARTIAL TAIL SECTION WERE NOT RECOVERED DUE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF HEAVY UNDERGROWTH, STEEP INCLINES, AND BODY OF WATER. SIGNS OF POST CRASH FIRE WERE NOT FOUND. AIRCRAFT SALVAGE WAS MOVED TO HILLSBORO, OH, FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION BY THE NTSB REP^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

## 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 CHI08FA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08FA133), May 12, 2008: Beech V35 (N7947M), Bristol, OH, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of control during cruise flight in instrument conditions due to spatial disorientation.

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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