# Accident 20090703053999A: Beech C35, Weslaco, TX, July 3, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2009, 10:53 local time
- Place: Weslaco, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1833° N, 97.9747° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1833&lon=-97.9747&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2043D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2043D-2017-03-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C35 (registry code 1151508, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09FA405](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA405) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090703053999A

## Narrative

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

JULY 3, 2009, APPROXIMATELY 1050 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH C35, N2043D, OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED UPON IMPACT WITH TERRAIN DURING A GO-AROUND AT THE MID-VALLEY AIRPORT (T65), WESLACO, TEXAS. THE PRIVATE PILOT IN THE LEFT SEAT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT IN THE RIGHT SEAT WAS FATALLY INJURED. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE SOUTH TEXAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT EDINBURG (KEBG) AT 1035 AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT T65.

## 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 CEN09FA405](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA405), Jul 3, 2009: Beech C35 (N2043D), Weslaco, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while operating with a fuel imbalance. Contributing to the accident was the pilot/owner's decision to fly the airplane outside of the operating…

## Other reports on N2043D (1)

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

- [Incident 19850623061849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850623061849I), Jun 23, 1985: Beech 35BEECH (N2043D), Anoka, MN, Minor damage. On downwind pilot extended flaps instead of the gear. Landed gear up. Warning horn did not sound.

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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