# Accident 20140318003109A: Beech P35, Wichita Falls, TX, March 18, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2014, 10:20 local time
- Place: Wichita Falls, TX
- Airport: Kickapoo Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8606° N, 98.4903° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8606&lon=-98.4903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9532Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9532Y-2015-04-30) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 12,812 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA165) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140318003109A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 18, 2014, AT 1020 LOCAL, A BEECH BE-35-P35 AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N9532Y, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT,  LOST POWER ON SHORT APPROACH AND EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE NORTHEAST OF KICKAPOO AIRPORT, WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND BOTH WING LEADING EDGES SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A VFR FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND THE CO-PILOT WAS UNINJURED.   THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM KICKAPOO AIRPORT, WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS ON MARCH 18, 2014.

## 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 CEN14LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA165), Mar 18, 2014: Beech P35 (N9532Y), Wichita Falls, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to the misrigging of the fuel mixture control.

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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