# Accident 20100711037239A: Beech V35A, Elephant Butte, NM, July 11, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2010, 12:30 local time
- Place: Elephant Butte, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2592° N, 107.1619° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2592&lon=-107.1619&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9447S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9447S-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35A (registry code 1151544, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total, 5,200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA399](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA399) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100711037239A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 11, 2010 AT 1230 MDT, N9447S, A BEECH BE-V35A, LANDED IN ELEPHANT BUTTE RESERVOIR AFTER SUFFERING A POWER LOSS.  THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE AND HE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT SANK IN 50 FEET OF WATER.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 VISUAL FLIGHT RULES.  A FLIGHT PLAN HAD  NOT BEEN FILED.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD DEPARTED FROM THE TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (TCS) WHERE HE HAD TOPPED OFF THE AIRPLANE'S FUEL TANKS.  HE FLEW OVER A CAMP SITE ON THE LAKE SHORE AFTER DEPARTING TCS ON A FLIGHT TO DOUBLE EAGLE II AIRPORT IN ALBUQUERQUE (AEG).  AT ABOUT 800 FEET HE HAD A LOSS OF POWER.  HE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO LAND AND LANDED IN THE WATER WHERE THE AIRPLANE SANK IN ABOUT TWO MINUTES.  THE PILOT, WHO COULD NOT SWIM, WAS RESCUED BY A BOAT THAT CAME TO HIS AID.

## 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 CEN10LA399](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA399), Jul 11, 2010: Beech V35A (N9447S), Truth or Consequences, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N9447S (3)

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

- [Incident 20050919021109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050919021109I), Sep 19, 2005: Beech V35A (N9447S), Belen, NM, Minor damage. (-23) On September 19, 2005 at 2115 UTC, a Beech bonanza V-35A N9447S registered to [privacy data omitted] landed gear up at Belen Alexander Municipal Airport,…
- [Accident 20010203006129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010203006129A), Feb 3, 2001: Beech V35A (N9447S), Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. (-23) On 02/03/01, at approx. 08:45 MST, a Beech V35A, operated by glen edward loyd collided with an unoccupied Mooney M20E while taxiing on the ramp at cutter…
- [Incident 19780826039259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780826039259I), Aug 26, 1978: Beech V35ATC (N9447S), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. Pilot taxied into construction marker sustaining prop, engine and nose gear damage.

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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