# Accident 20190503003849A: Beech 35, Deer Park, WA, May 3, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2019, 12:30 local time
- Place: Deer Park, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9747° N, 117.4306° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9747&lon=-117.4306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2839V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2839V-2020-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35 (registry code 1151502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 875 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA171) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190503003849A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED A LOAD BANG AND VIBRATIONS SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF DURING CLIMBING RH TURN. HE SLOWED AIRCRAFT LEVELED ON AND LANDED AT AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT. WHEN EXTENDING LANDING GEAR PILOT REPORTED HEAR OIL CANNING COMING FROM REAR OF AIRCRAFT. POST LANDING INSPECTION REVEAL EXTENSIVE EMPENNAGE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ON OVER 2/3 OF EMPENNAGE FROM FS 171 TO FS 256. INTERNAL EXAMINATION REVEAL A BULKHEAD A FS232 WAS FRACTURED AND A BULKHEAD AT FS205 WAS CRACKED AND DEFORMED, ONLY THE LH SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE SHOWED NO SIGNS OF DAMAGE. IT APPEARS THE AIRCRAFT NEARLY EXPERIENCE AN INFLIGHT BREAK-UP JUST FORWARD OF RUDDERVATORS. PILOTS INITIALLY REPORTED BE STRUCK BY A DRONE BUT THERE IN NO EVIDENCE OF IMPACT DAMAGE.

## 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 WPR19LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA171), May 3, 2019: Beech 35 (N2839V), Deer Park, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: An empennage flutter event for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

## Other reports on N2839V (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19960801045229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960801045229A), Aug 1, 1996: Beech 35BEECH (N2839V), Spokane, WA, Substantial damage. Encountered rough air and vibration. Returned to airport. Fuselage bulkhead at v tail cracked. Bogus rudder weights
- [Accident 19880428035679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880428035679A), Apr 28, 1988: Beech 35BEECH (N2839V), Pasco, WA, Substantial damage. Nose and right main landing gears collpased during turnoff runway after landing.

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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