# Accident 20091225052789A: Beech B35, Santa Fe, NM, December 25, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 2009, 10:30 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Airport: Santa Fe Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6172° N, 106.0894° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6172&lon=-106.0894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8828A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8828A-2013-05-15) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 351 total, 208 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091225052789A

## Narrative

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

ON 12/25/2009 JUST AFTER TAKE OFF ON RUNWAY 33 PILOT REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCPIT. THE TOWER OBSERVED AIRCRAFT TURNING RIGHT TOWARD THE NORTHERN HALF OF RUNWAY 2 THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED IMPACTING RUNWAY 2 HARD AND SKIDING TO A STOP. A REVIEW OF MR. CHERWINK'S MEDICAL REVEALED IT HAD EXPIRED. IT WAS ISSUED 7/23/07 AND EXPIRED 7/31/09. EIR WAS 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 CEN10LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA083), Dec 25, 2009: Beech B35 (N8828A), Santa Fe, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: An engine overpressure condition that resulted in oil getting on the exhaust and producing smoke which entered the cockpit. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's obscured vision due to smoke.

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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