# Accident 20090221002109A: Beech B35, Alamogordo, NM, February 21, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2009, 10:30 local time
- Place: Alamogordo, NM
- Airport: Alamogordo-White Sands Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9519° N, 105.9689° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9519&lon=-105.9689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8799A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8799A-2013-03-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B35 (registry code 1151506, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B35
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,150 total, 32 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA170) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090221002109A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 21, 2009 AT 1030 MST, A BEECH B-35, N8799A, WITH THE REGISTRATION PENDING, STRUCK A POWER WIRE AND COLLIDED WITH A BERM OF DIRTY DURING AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING, ONE MILE NORTH OF KALM, WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND PRIVATE PILOT WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ALAMOGORDO, NM, ON FEBRUARY 21, 2009 AT 1005 MST.

## 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 CEN09LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA170), Feb 21, 2009: Beech B35 (N8799A), La Luz, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of a blockage in the right fuel tank vent.

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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