# Accident 20081123856892A: Beech V35B, Winter Haven, FL, November 23, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 2008, 09:00 local time
- Place: Winter Haven, FL
- Airport: Winter Haven'S Gilbert
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0628° N, 81.7531° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0628&lon=-81.7531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4396W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4396W-2013-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,869 total, 1,370 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081123856892A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE APPROACH TO WINTER HEAVEN AIRPORT (GIF) AT APPROXIMATLELY 5-7 MILES NORTH OF THE AIRPORT, BONANZA N4396W, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS DESCENDING THROUGH 2000 FEET WHEN THE PILOT OBSERVED ONCOMING TRAFFIC AT HIS SAME ALTITUDE.  PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE AN EVASIVE MANEUVER TO THE LEFT BUT NEVERTHELESS COLLIDED WITH PIPER WARRIOR N121DL.  BOTH AIRPLANES SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGES.  THERE WAS NO INJURIES TO THE PILOTS OR PASSENGERS.  BOTH AIRPLANES LANDED SAFELY.

## 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 ERA09LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA067), Nov 23, 2008: Beech V35 (N4396W), Winter Haven, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Both pilots’ failure to see and avoid the other airplane. Contributing to the accident was the Beech pilot’s failure to monitor or utilize the common traffic advisory frequency.

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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