# Accident 20180208002129A: Beech G35, Batesville, AR, February 8, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2018, 14:15 local time
- Place: Batesville, AR
- Airport: Batesville Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7261° N, 91.6475° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7261&lon=-91.6475&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4654D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4654D-2021-06-05) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 29,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180208002129A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 8, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 14:20 CDT, A BEECHCRAFT G-35, N4654D, REGISTERED TO CONTINGENCY LLC, WAS TRAVELLING FROM BEAUFORT COUNTY AIRPORT (KARW) BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA TO BATESVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT (KBVX) BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS. APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES EAST OF THE BATESVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT THE PILOT EXPERIENCED TURBULENCE THEN EXCESSIVE AIRFRAME VIBRATIONS.  THE PILOT CONTINUED THE FLIGHT AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY ON RUNWAY 26 AT THE BATESVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT.  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AFT FUSELAGE WAS DISCOVERED. THE CERTIFICATED AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT WAS UNINJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. DURING THE INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THE AIRMAN WAS FLYING WITH AN OUT OF DATE MEDICAL.  ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATION OPENED.

## 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 CEN18LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA099), Feb 8, 2018: Beech 35 (N4654D), Batesville, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: An in-flight control system flutter encounter during a turbulence encounter; the reason for the flutter could not be determined.

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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