# Accident 20170723010709A: Beech G35, Wichita Falls, TX, July 23, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2017, 22:30 local time
- Place: Wichita Falls, TX
- Airport: Wichita Valley Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9442° N, 98.6131° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9442&lon=-98.6131&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4216D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4216D-2020-06-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech G35 (registry code 1151516, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH G35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E225 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA282) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170723010709A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 23, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 2230 LOCAL TIME, N4216D, A 1955 BEECH G35 LANDED LONG ON RUNWAY 13 AND FAILED TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE RUNNING OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, OVER AN EMBANKMENT, AND INTO AN IRRIGATION CANAL AT WICHITA VALLEY AIRPORT, F14.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  INSTRUMENT  METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM GRAND PRAIRIE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (GPM) ON JULY 23, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 2130.

## 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 CEN17LA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA282), Jul 24, 2017: Beech G35 (N4216D), Wichita Falls, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight's encounter with adverse weather conditions at night, which resulted in the pilot's loss of airplane control upon landing due to standing water and a subsequent runway overrun.

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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