# Accident 20221020020029A: Beech V35B, Nogales, AZ, October 20, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2022, 12:58 local time
- Place: Nogales, AZ
- Airport: Nogales International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4280° N, 110.8354° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4280&lon=-110.8354&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50JM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N50JM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR23LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221020020029A

## Narrative

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

ON 10/20/2022, THE SCOTTSDALE FSDO BECAME AWARE THAT A BONANZA CRASHED ATTEMPTING A GO-AROUND AT NOGALES INTERNATIONAL (KOLS).  THE PIC'S GO AROUND ATTEMPT ENDED ON THE LEFT DOWNWIND PORTION OF THE R-22 TRAFFIC PATTERN, LANDING HARD W/OUT LANDING GEAR, FOLLOWED BY A POST-CRASH FIRE.  THE PIC HAD MINOR INJURIES AND HIS PASSENGER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED (BROKEN LEG).

THE PIC SAID THE APPROACH WAS NORMAL AND SAID GEAR WAS DOWN SHOWING THE GREEN LIGHT, BUT THE IN THE FLARE, THE LEFT WING DROPPED AND THE PLANE YAWED LEFT. HE APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER WITH NO RESPONSE AND INITIATED THE GO-AROUND. HE DOES NOT REMEMBER RAISING THE GEAR DURING THE GO-AROUND PROCESS. HE REPORTED POOR POWER AND WAS UNABLE TO SUSTAIN MORE THAN 90 KNOTS, AND LANDED GEAR UP IN THE DOWNWIND TERRAIN. A FIRE STARTED, HE HELPED HIS PAX EXIT THEN ATTEMPTED TO COLLECT HIS LUGGAGE. AN AIRPORT WORKER WHO SAW THE PLANE DIP OUT OF SIGHT DROVE TO THE SITE IN TIME TO PULL THE PIC AWAY FROM THE BURNING PLANE. AN AIRPORT TRUCK DASHCAM VIDEO CAPTURED THE AIRPLANE EXPLODE (O2 BOTTLE) JUST AS THE PEOPLE WERE ROUGHLY 100 FEET AWAY FROM THE PLANE.

## 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 WPR23LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA022), Oct 20, 2022: Beech V35B (N50JM), Nogales, AZ, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to establish a positive rate of climb before retracting the landing gear when he executed an aborted landing, which resulted in a propeller strike, diminished climb performance,…

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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