# Accident 20120321004679A: Beech 35, Glencoe, MN, March 21, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2012, 11:32 local time
- Place: Glencoe, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8319° N, 94.1325° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8319&lon=-94.1325&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3871N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3871N-2013-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35 (registry code 1151502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12FA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12FA196) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120321004679A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED KMIC, MINNEAPOLIS CRYSTAL, MN AIRPORT IN N3871N A BE-35 ENROUTE TO A FINAL DESTINATION IN CRAIG COLORADO.  WE ARE UNSURE OF ANY INTERMEDIATE STOPS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOTICED BY WITNESSES OPERATING JUST BELOW CLOUDS WHICH WERE AROUND 400-900 FEET AGL TRAVELING FROM EAST TO WEST.  THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING SEPERATED THE AIRCRAFT AND STARTED TO BREAK UP IN FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND FATALY INJURED THE PILOT, TWO PASSENGERS AND THREE DOGS.  THE AIRCRAFT REVERSED DIRECTION DUE TO THE WING DEPARTING THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED WITH AN IMPACT DIRECTION ON A 103 DEGREES.  THERE WAS A POST IMPACT FIRE WHICH BURNED PORTIONS OF THE RIGHT WING, CABIN AND BAGAGE AREA.  THE ENGINE SHOWED SIGNS OF FUEL AND THE PROPELLER SHOWED SIGNS THAT THE ENGINE WAS OPERATIONAL AT TIME OF IMPACT WITH THE GROUND.  IN REVIEWING THE AIRCRAFT WING IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE LEFT WING WAS STRESSED WITH POSITIVE G LOADING.  WE ARE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PILOT AND AIRCRAFT RECORDS AT THIS TIME. WHEN WE RECEIVE THE PILOT AND AIRCRAFT RECORDS WE WILL AMMEND THE 8020-23.

## 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 CEN12FA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12FA196), Mar 21, 2012: Beech 35 (N3871N), Glencoe, MN, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument-rated pilot’s continued flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the design limits of the airplane being exceeded and an in-flight breakup.

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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