# Accident 20140818024279A: Beech V35B, Novato, CA, August 18, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2014, 21:30 local time
- Place: Novato, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1739° N, 122.7047° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1739&lon=-122.7047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1160T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1160T-2018-01-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL IO-520
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14FA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14FA349) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140818024279A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED AN ENGINE FAILURE WHILE ENROUTE FROM BROOKINGS, OR (BOK) TO SAN CARLOS, CA (SQL).  PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ATTEMPTED TO DIVERT TO GNOSS FIELD NOVATO, CA (DVO).  THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED.  THIS RESULTED INTO A POST CRASH FIRE THAT SPREAD TO A  32 ACRE BRUSH FIRE.  THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD AND WAS FATAL.

## 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 WPR14FA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14FA349), Aug 19, 2014: Beech V35B (N1160T), Novato, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The instrument-rated pilot's decision to conduct a visual approach to the airport in night, instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain. Contributing to the…

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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