# Accident 20111120028449A: Beech V35, Lusby, MD, November 20, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2011, 18:30 local time
- Place: Lusby, MD
- Airport: Chesapeake Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3567° N, 76.4031° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3567&lon=-76.4031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9569Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9569Q-2018-01-10) (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: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 27 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111120028449A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT A PRIVATE PAVED AIRSTRIP AT NIGHT.  TURNED BASE AT MID-FIELD AND IMPACTED TOP OF TREES AT APPROXIMATELY 90' AGL.  PILOT SET DOWN AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE TO RUNWAY WHERE HE SKIDDED ANOTHER 457' INTO A GROVE OF TREES ON AN EMBANKMENT.  LIGHTS AT APPROACH END OF RUNWAY WERE SOLAR POWERED AND DIMMER THAN WHITE RUNWAY LIGHTS.

## 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 ERA12CA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA080), Nov 20, 2011: Beech V35 (N9569Q), Lusby, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot did not maintain clearance from trees during a night approach.

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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