# Accident 20091206025789A: Beech V35, Dodge City, KS, December 6, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 2009, 14:15 local time
- Place: Dodge City, KS
- Airport: Dodge City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7631° N, 99.9656° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7631&lon=-99.9656&mi=10
- Aircraft: N108L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N108L-2011-07-01) (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 MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,926 total, 7,159 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091206025789A

## Narrative

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

WHILE ENROUTE FROM ANOKE CO-BLAINE AIRPORT (KANE) TO DALHART MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KDHT), THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED INFLIGHT ICING CONDITIONS NORTH OF DODGE CITY, KANSAS. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE PITOT HEATER FAILED AND CAUSED THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR TO CEASE INDICATING.  HE DIVERTED TO DODGE CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT (KDDC) AND PERFORMED AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO RUNWAY 17. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FROM THE LANDING AT KDDC IN THAT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS PUSHED UP THROUGH THE TOP OF THE LEFT WING AND THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER RECEIVED NO INJURINIES.

## 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 CEN10LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA068), Dec 6, 2009: Beech V35 (N108L), Dodge City, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pitot heat system in icing conditions resulting in an inoperative airspeed indicator which led to an inadvertant stall while on final approach. Contributing to the accident was the…

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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