# Accident 20160503007869A: Beech V35B, Syosset, NY, May 3, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2016, 15:42 local time
- Place: Syosset, NY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8344° N, 73.4903° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8344&lon=-73.4903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N440H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N440H-2018-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16FA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16FA176) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160503007869A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE VFR ON TOP OF CLOUDS TO ROBERTSON FIELD CONNECTICUT 4B8 AT ABOUT 7,000 FEET THE PILOT REPORTED TO CONTROLLER THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD EXPERIENCED A FAILURE OF THE VACUUM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED GYROSCOPE INSTRUMENTS. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRPLANE RE-ENTERED IMC AND THE PILOT REPORTED LOSING CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE IN ADDITION TO LOSING MORE INSTRUMENT FUNCTIONALITY. AIRCRAFT IS OBSERVED ON RADAR EXPERIENCING ALTITUDE EXCURSIONS AND VARIATIONS IN AIRSPEED BEYOND VNE OF THE AIRCRAFT. N440H WAS DESTROYED DURING AN IN-FLIGHT BREAKUP AND COLLISION WITH TERRAIN NEAR SYOSSET, NEW YORK.

## 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 ERA16FA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16FA176), May 3, 2016: Beech V35 (N440H), Syosset, NY, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control while operating in instrument meteorological conditions with only a partial instrument panel due to a failure of the airplane's vacuum pump. 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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