# Accident 20240201002959A: Beech V35B, Clearwater, FL, February 1, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 2024, 19:07 local time
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Airport: Clearwater Airpark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9502° N, 82.7269° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9502&lon=-82.7269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6659L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6659L) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240201002959A

## Narrative

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

FEBRUARY 1, 2024, AT 1907 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A BEECHCRAFT BONANZA V35B, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TWO RESIDENCES NEAR CLEARWATER, FLORIDA. THE PIC WAS FATALLY INJURED. ADDITIONALLY, TWO OCCUPANTS OF ONE RESIDENCE WERE FATALLY INJURED, AND ONE OCCUPANT OF A SECOND RESIDENCE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED AS A PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM KVRB DESTINED TO KCLW. ON APPROACH TO KCLW THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO TURN ON RUNWAY LIGHTS BUT FAILED TO LOCATE THE AIRFIELD. DURING GO-AROUND THE PIC CONTACTED ATC AND REPORTED ENGINE LOSS OF POWER. SUBEQUENTLY THE AIRCRAFT LOST ALTITUDE AND THEN IMPACTED RESIDENCES. MULITPLE EYEWITNESSES AND VIDEO FROM ADJACENT BUSINESSES SHOW THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON FIRE IN FLIGHT. POST ACCIDENT FIRE DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ERA24FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA104), Feb 2, 2024: Beech V35 (N6659L), Clearwater, FL, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: An in-flight engine compartment fire due to a partially loose flexible fuel hose b-nut at the fuel metering unit. Contributing to the severity of the accident was the pilot’s inability to visually…

## Other reports on N6659L (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20200613011759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200613011759I), Jun 13, 2020: Beech V35B (N6659L), Fort Myers, FL, Minor damage. On 13-June-2020, N6659L, a 1979 Beech V35B bonanza, s/n D-10279 landed on rwy 06 at rsw and the right main gear collapsed at touchdown, two POB and no…

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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