# Accident 20150823013159A: Beech 35-B33, Eldorado, AR, August 23, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2015, 11:51 local time
- Place: Eldorado, AR
- Airport: South Regional Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2208° N, 92.8133° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2208&lon=-92.8133&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9704Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9704Y-2015-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-B33 (registry code 1151406, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-b33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35-B33
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,810 total, 786 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15FA374](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA374) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150823013159A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT WAS INITIALLY OPERATED UNDER INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES AND HAD DIVERTED FROM HOT SPRING, AR (HOT) TO ELDORADO, AR (ELD) FOR LANDING.  PILOT CANCELLED IFR CLEARANCE GOING TO VFR APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT ELD.  AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN IN FLIGHT MORE THAN 5 HOURS 35 MINUTES AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  PILOT CALLED IN APPROACH TOWARDS RUNWAY 4,  PLANNED TO TURN AND COME IN LEFT PATTERN TO RUNWAY 31.  AIRCRAFT LOST POWER APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE FROM RUNWAY, IMPACTED TREES AND FELL TO THE GROUND INVERTED.  AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE AND INTERIOR WAS BURNED.  AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. 1 FATALITY ON BOARD WITH NO SURVIVORS.

## 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 CEN15FA374](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA374), Aug 23, 2015: Beech 35 B33 (N9704Y), El Dorado, AR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined during postaccident examination of the accident site or based on the available information and the pilot's failure to maintain…

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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