# Accident 20130702012599A: Beech P35, Bridgeport, TX, July 2, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2013, 11:14 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, TX
- Airport: Bridgeport Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1719° N, 97.8236° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1719&lon=-97.8236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8585M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8585M-2018-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech P35 (registry code 1151530, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-p35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH P35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 40 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA389](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA389) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130702012599A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 2, 2013 AT 0900 CDT, A BEECHCRAFT BONANZA, P-35, N8585M, WAS ON A TRAINING FLIGHT WITH A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI), THE FLIGHT CONSISTED OF TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT BRIDGEPORT MUNICIPAL (KXBP), ALLIANCE AIRPORT (KAFW), FORT WORTH MEACHAM (KFTW) AND FORT WORTH HICKS AIRFIELD (T67) AND RETURN TO KXBP. FOLLOWING THE FINAL INSTRUCTIONAL TAKEOFF FROM KXBP THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A PLOWED FIELD NORTH OF KXBP.   THE CFI TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT TO CONDUCT THE EMERGENCY LANDING SWITCHED TO THE LEFT TANK, WHICH LATER WAS FOUND TO HAVE ONE QUART OF FUEL.  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND TORE ALL THREE LANDING GEARS AND SLID FOR ABOUT 20 YARDS BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AND THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND CFI RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.  THE CFI HOLDS A COMMERCIAL, INSTRUMENT, MULTIENGINE LAND FLIGHT AND GROUND INSTRUCTOR RATING. THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT SINGLE ENGINE LAND RATING. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BRIDGEPORT, TX, BRIDGEPORT MUNICIPAL KXBP, ON JULY 2, 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 CDT.

## 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 CEN13CA389](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA389), Jul 2, 2013: Beech P35 (N8585M), Bridgeport, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of both the flight instructor and the pilot to monitor and manage the fuel on board, which resulted in an engine failure due to fuel starvation.

## Other reports on N8585M (2)

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

- [Incident 19991011036529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991011036529I), Oct 11, 1999: Beech P35 (N8585M), Mt Vernon, IL, Minor damage. (-23) On 10-11-1999, while on a personal flight from louisville, KY, bowman field to longmont co, the appropriately rated pilot in command and sole occupant…
- [Incident 19971216039049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971216039049I), Dec 16, 1997: Beech P35 (N8585M), Marksville, LA, Minor damage. Narrative: front cockpit door was not latched, and opened during climb: the gear had already been retracted. Pilot returned to Marksville airport. The pilot…

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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