# Accident 20110709014489A: Beech N35, Geneseo, NY, July 9, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2011, 08:30 local time
- Place: Geneseo, NY
- Airport: Geneseo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7986° N, 77.8425° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7986&lon=-77.8425&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3344A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3344A-2011-08-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech N35 (registry code 1151528, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-n35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH N35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA389](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA389) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110709014489A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 9, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 8:30AM LOCAL TIME N3344A, FLOWN BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CRASHED AT THE GENESEO AIRPORT (D52) UPON LANDING AND SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^/N3344A DEPARTED KBQR APPROXIMATELY 8:10AM LOCAL TIME IN FORMATION WITH A COMANCHE.  WHEN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 23 HE LOST SIGHT OF THE COMANCHE, WHICH WAS THE LEAD AIRPLANE IN THE FORMATION.  THE PILOT VEERED LEFT IN AN EFFORT TO GAIN BACK VISUAL CONTACT ON THE COMANCHE.  WHILE SIDESTEPPING, APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WOUND UP STALLING THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND, IN A GRASSY FIELD, APPROXIMATELY 156 FEET LEFT OF THE RUNWAY 23 CENTERLINE.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST FACING NORTHWEST.  THE LAST THIRD OF LEFT WING WAS BENT UP AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE, THE RIGHT WING WAS TWISTED AND SHOWED WRINKLES IN THE SKIN, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS COLLAPSED AND THE NOSE GEAR SHEERED OFF THE AIRPLANE.  THE ENGINE AND ENGINE COWL AREA SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THE PROPELLER TIPS WERE BENT (Q-TIPPED).

## 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 ERA11CA389](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA389), Jul 9, 2011: Beech N35 (N3344A), Geneseo, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

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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