# Accident 20181001016599A: Beech V35, La Verne, CA, October 1, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2018, 11:50 local time
- Place: La Verne, CA
- Airport: Brackett Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0922° N, 117.7919° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0922&lon=-117.7919&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7997M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7997M-2021-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 306 total, 91 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19FA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181001016599A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 01, 2018 AT APPROX. 1150 LOCAL TIME, A BEECHCRAFT V35, N7997M, REGISTERED TO CURTIS HEDLUND CORPORATION IMPACTED TERRAIN AT BRACKET FIELD AIRPORT (POC) WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BISHOP CALIFORNIA ON OCTOBER 1, 2018 AT 1020.

## 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 WPR19FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19FA001), Oct 1, 2018: Beech V35 (N7997M), La Verne, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from trees during a visual approach for landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's distraction during the approach.

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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