# Accident 20240330002839A: Beech N35, Angel Fire, NM, March 30, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2024, 15:15 local time
- Place: Angel Fire, NM
- Airport: Angel Fire
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4220° N, 105.2899° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ANGEL FIRE (AXX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4220&lon=-105.2899&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9899R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9899R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech N35 (registry code 1151528, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-n35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH N35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 309 total, 180 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240330002839A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 30, 2024, AT 1515 MDT, A BEECHCRAFT BONANZA F35, DEPARTED RUNWAY 35 DURING ITS TAKEOFF ROLL AT COLFAX COUNTY/ANGEL FIRE REGIONAL AIRPORT (AXX).  THE PRIVATE PILOT AND THE THREE PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR, WINGTIPS, AND TAIL.  THE PERSONAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT AXX IN VFR CONDITIONS ON MARCH 30, 2024, AT 1500 MDT AND WAS RETURNING TO SUNDANCE AIRPORT IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (HSD).  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

THE WIND REPORTED AT THE TIME OF DEPARTURE WAS 240 DEGREES AT 14 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 24 KNOTS.  DURING THE PREFLIGHT THE PILOT STATES THAT HE WAS TRYING TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT WOULD BE SAFE TO DEPART.  HE OBSERVED ANOTHER AIRCRAFT, A TURBOCHARGED CIRRUS, TAKEOFF WITHOUT INCIDENT AND DECIDED THAT HE WOULD BE SAFE TO DEPART AS WELL.  ABOUT MIDWAY ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL, AT AN ESTIMATED AIRSPEED OF 45 KNOTS, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO WEATHERVANE WHEN IT EXPERIENCED A STRONG CROSSWIND GUST.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE COULD NOT MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND DECIDED TO PULL THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE GROUND AT LOW SPEED.  THE UNDER-SPEED ROTATION LED TO THE PLANE HITTING THE RUNWAY TAIL FIRST AND THEN COMMENCE PORPOISING DOWN THE RUNWAY.  HE CLOSED THE THROTTLE AS THE PLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND STOPPED IN THE DITCH THAT PARALLELS THE WEST SIDE OF RUNWAY 17/35.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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