# Accident 20171104018209A: Beech V35B, Alva, OK, November 4, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 2017, 17:28 local time
- Place: Alva, OK
- Airport: Alva Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7878° N, 98.6706° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7878&lon=-98.6706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777PH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N777PH-2021-03-06) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,529 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171104018209A

## Narrative

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

ON 11/04/2017, AT APPX. 1700 HRS CDT, ACFT N777PH (BEECHCRAFT V35B) TOOK OFF FROM ALVA, OK (KAVK) ENROUTE TO CHEROKEE, OK, THEN BACK TO KAVK.  AT 1728 HRS CDT, THE ACFT CRASHED, THEN EXPLODED, KILLING THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT AT THE SCENE.  THE STUDENT PILOT SUCCUMBED TO HIS INJURIES ON 11/06/2017.  ACCORDING TO STUDENT PILOT, PRIOR TO LANDING, THE LEFT ENGINE COWLING CAME OPEN.  INSTRUCTOR PILOT TOOK CONTROL OF THE ACFT SHORTLY AFTERWARDS.  ACFT CAME IN LOW ON DESCENT AND THE LANDING GEARS STRUCK POWER WIRES AND TREES JUST BEFORE CRASHING AND THEN EXPLODING.

## 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 CEN18FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA023), Nov 4, 2017: Beech V35B (N777PH), Alva, OK, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor's and pilot's failure to recognize that a high descent rate had developed on short final, likely due to their distraction by an open engine cowling, and the unexpected strong…

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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