# Accident 20221022023439A: Beech V35A, Midway, GA, October 22, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2022, 18:30 local time
- Place: Midway, GA
- Airport: Eagle Neck Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2500° N, 81.4167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2500&lon=-81.4167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7893R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7893R-2024-10-07) (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 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,165 total, 900 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA23LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221022023439A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 22ND 2022, AT APPROXIMATELY 1830 EASTERN TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A 1969 BONANZA BE35 (SINGLE ENGINE), S/N D-8945, WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE MARSH OFF THE COAST OF GEORGIA, APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MILES FROM SHELMUN BLUFF GEORGIA. ON LANDING IN THE WATER GEAR UP. THERE WAS ONE PERSON ON BOARD WITH NO INJURIES. ACCORDING TO THE SAFETY PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS SYSTEM (SPAS), THE AIRCRAFT IS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF EAGLE NECK GEORGIA. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISION OF 14 CFR PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT. ON OCTOBER 24, 2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 0800 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, TWO FAA INSPECTORS FROM THE ATLANTA FSDO WAS DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE IN ORDER TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. AT THE DIRECTION OF THE FAA IIC, IT WAS REQUESTED THAT THE LOCAL SEA TOW OPERATION MOVE THE AIRCRAFT TO A MORE SECURE LOCATION. THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED. UPON ARRIVAL TO THE LOCATION THE FAA WAS BRIEFED THAT AIRCRAFT WOULD BE MOVED TO THE REMOVAL LOCATION WHEN THE TIDE WAS NOT SO STRONG, APPROXIMATELY 1500L. A CRANE WAS USED TO REMOVE THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE SALT WATER. THE GEAR WAS LOWERED WITH NO ISSUE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOWERED TO THE GROUND WITH NO ISSUE. THE FAA INSPECTORS EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT AND TOOK PICTURES. THE DETAILED EXAMINATION REVEALED WATER DAMAGE THROUGH OUT THE AIRCRAFT, NOSE LANDING GEAR DAMAGE AND THE LEFT VEE-TAIL HAD DAMAGE ON THE OUTBOARD AREA.

ON OCTOBER 24 THE FAA INSPECTORS MET THE PILOT/^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT THE RECOVERY SITE TO FURTHER TROUBLESHOOT THE CAUSE OF THE LOSE OF ENGINE POWER. BASED ON THE REVIEW OF THE MAINTENANCE LOGS AND THE INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT THE ANNUAL WAS CURRENT AND DUE OCTOBER 2022. A WRITTEN PILOT STATEMENT WAS AND RECEIVED. ON OCTOBER 25 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUMPED THE FULE SYSTEM AND PREPPED AND TRANSPORTED THE AIRCRAFT TO GRIFFIN GEORGIA. THE NTSB HAS DECIDED TO TEAR DOWN THE ENGINE TO FURTHER DETERMINE ANY MAINTENANCE ISSUES.

## 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 ERA23LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA035), Oct 22, 2022: Beech V35A (N7893R), Shellman Bluff, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

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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