# Accident 20210306005639A: Beech 35, Palestine, TX, March 6, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2021, 13:40 local time
- Place: Palestine, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7138° N, 95.6772° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7138&lon=-95.6772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3394V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3394V) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 5 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210306005639A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 6, 2021, AT 1340 CDT, A BEECHCRAFT 35, N3394V, S/N D-869, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CHAMBERS COUNTY AIRPORT (T00), ANAHUAC, TX, 77514, ENROUTE TO AIRPARK EAST AIRPORT (1F7), SH 205 HEATH TX, 75032.  WHILE ENROUTE AT 1800 FEET MSL, AND APPROXIMATELY 97 MILES FROM DESTINATION, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. 75160, DECIDED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD WHICH WAS LOCATED AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. LATITUDE N31.49 27.27 AND LONGITUDE W 095 40 37.97.  THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED AND CONTACTED THE TOPS OF A TREE LINE AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AT THE BASE OF THE TREES, AT A HEADING OF 200 DEGREES.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AND THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY GROUND, TO THE HOSPITAL IN TYLER TX.  THE PASSENGER (PILOT) WAS AIR LIFTED, WITH SERIOUS INJURIES, TO THE HOSPITAL IN TYLER, TX AND LATER PASSED AWAY.  THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE, AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND RATING.  THE PASSENGER (PILOT) (DECEASED) HELD PRIVATE AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND, INSTRUMENT, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RATING.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CHAMBERS COUNTY AIRPORT (T00), ANAHUAC, TX, 77514, MARCH 6, 2021, AT 0900 CDT

## 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 CEN21LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA151), Mar 6, 2021: Beech 35 (N3394V), Palestine, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to the flight crew incorrectly placing the fuel selector between fuel tank detents, which resulted in fuel starvation. Contributing to the accident was the lack of a…

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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