# Accident 20201212019879A: Beech V35A, Attala, AL, December 12, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2020, 12:52 local time
- Place: Attala, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0930° N, 86.0866° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0930&lon=-86.0866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5470U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5470U-2021-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35A (registry code 1151544, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 550-B SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 13,200 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201212019879A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N5470U WHILE IN CRUISE AT APPROX. 9,000 FT. AIRCRAFT RAPIDLY DESCENDED AND IMPACTED THE GROUND IN ATTALLA, AL 35954.

## 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 ERA21LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA068), Dec 12, 2020: Beech V35A (N5470U), Attalla, AL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of control inflight and the failure of a component of the up elevator flight control system due to fatigue, which rendered recovery from a right descending turn improbable.

## Other reports on N5470U (1)

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

- [Incident 20010521009429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010521009429I), May 21, 2001: Beech V35A (N5470U), Knoxville, TN, Minor damage. (-23)Pleasure flight from spruce creek, FL (7FL6) to gatinburg, TN (gkt). Ground observer informed the pilot the right landing gear was not down. Diverted to…

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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