# Accident 20210326022479A: Beech 35, Bridgeport, TX, March 26, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2021, 15:27 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, TX
- Airport: Bridgeport Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1843° N, 97.8283° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1843&lon=-97.8283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3953N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3953N-2023-05-17) (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: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA167) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210326022479A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 29, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 1546 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, BEECHCRAFT BONANZA 35 N3953N IMPACTED THE GROUND AFTER CLIPPING SEVERAL TREES SHORT OF RUNWAY 18.  THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED.  THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE AIRPLANE WAS ON APPROACH TO BRIDGEPORT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (XBP) ON RUNWAY 18 AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

THE PILOT WAS ON A BIANNUAL CHECK RIDE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  HE DEPARTED HICKS AIRPORT AND FLEW TO XBP TO TOP OFF FUEL TANKS.  HE WAS PERFORMING SIMULATED ENGINE OUT PROCEDURES AT XBP AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  AT SOME POINT DURING THIS PROCEDURE THE AIRPLANE STALLED AND CRASHED BEHIND A RESIDENTIAL HOME NORTH OF RUNWAY 18.

## 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 CEN21LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA167), Mar 26, 2021: Beech 35 (N3953N), Bridgeport, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots’ failure to maintain adequate airspeed during a simulated power-off approach in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, an…

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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