20220208000889A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech C35 · Shell Knob, MO · February 8, 2022

Date
February 8, 2022 · 16:40 local
Place
Shell Knob, MO
Airport
Discovery Bay At Norwalk Landi
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1908D
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN22LA116
Reported as
Beech C35
Reported engine
Continental E185 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

This aircraft was on approach to runway 2 at MO06 when the pilot decided to initiate a go-around due to length of the runway and the anticipated touch down point on the runway. Based on examination of the accident scene and information from the pilot, as the pilot attempted to gain altitude to avoid the hill and trees at the end of the runway, insufficient airspeed was maintained and the aircraft when into a stall. The aircraft impacted the tree tops before descending into the forest below and impacting the terrain. The aircraft came to rest inverted with the tail in the air at about a 45 degree angle and the nose of the aircraft facing northeast.

As the FAA filed it

THIS AIRCRAFT WAS ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 2 AT MO06 WHEN THE PILOT DECIDED TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND DUE TO LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY AND THE ANTICIPATED TOUCH DOWN POINT ON THE RUNWAY. BASED ON EXAMINATION OF THE ACCIDENT SCENE AND INFORMATION FROM THE PILOT, AS THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GAIN ALTITUDE TO AVOID THE HILL AND TREES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, INSUFFICIENT AIRSPEED WAS MAINTAINED AND THE AIRCRAFT WHEN INTO A STALL. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TREE TOPS BEFORE DESCENDING INTO THE FOREST BELOW AND IMPACTING THE TERRAIN. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED WITH THE TAIL IN THE AIR AT ABOUT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT FACING NORTHEAST.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.