# Accident 20091010050789A: Beech E35, Mount Morris, NY, October 10, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2009, 16:30 local time
- Place: Mount Morris, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6750° N, 77.8739° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6750&lon=-77.8739&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3515B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3515B-2012-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E35 (registry code 1151512, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091010050789A

## Narrative

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

FIRST TIME PILOT TRIED TO TAKE OFF DOWN WIND FROM RUNWAY 04 ON  A 1200 FEET GRASS STRIP. SECOND TIME PILOT AGAIN TRIED TO TAKEOFF FROM A HAY FIELD DOWN WIND AND THE AIRPLANE CRASHED.PILOT LAST MEDICAL WAS ISSUED IN 1998 ANOTHER WAS NEVER ISSUED.

## 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 ERA10LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA014), Oct 10, 2009: Beech E35 (N3515B), Mount Morris, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper decision to take off from unsuitable terrain with a quartering tailwind.

## Other reports on N3515B (1)

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

- [Incident 20000717029269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000717029269I), Jul 17, 2000: Beech E35 (N3515B), Clifton, TX, Minor damage. (-23)On July 17, 2000, at approximately 1410 local time, Beech aircraft BE-35, N3515B, owned and operated by [privacy data omitted], landed gear up on runway…

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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