# Accident 20240515006059A: Beech V35, Franklin, TN, May 15, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2024, 12:01 local time
- Place: Franklin, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8391° N, 87.0729° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8391&lon=-87.0729&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47WT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47WT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: TCM Cont TSIO-520 series (registry code 17060, https://openairdocs.org/engine/tcm-cont-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- Reported engine: TCM CONT TSIO 520 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 366 total, 14 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24FA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA217) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240515006059A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC), OPERATING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A BEECHCRAFT BONANZA BE35 WITH 2 PASSENGERS ON BOARD TOOK OF OUT OF LOUISIANA REGIONAL (KREG) ON 5/15/24. DURING THE CRUISE PORTION OF THE FLIGHT NEAR FRANKLIN, TN, THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR A CLIMB TO 9,000 FEET. AIRCRAFT GOT TO 9,600 AND WAS INSTRUCTED BY ATC MULTIPLE TIMES TO VERIFY ALTITUDE OF 9,000 AND DESCEND BACK DOWN. SHORTLY AFTER, FLIGHT DATA SHOWED DESCENT AT 216 KNOTS. DURING THIS DESCENT, A INFLIGHT BREAKUP WAS EXPERIENCED WHICH RESULTED IN A FATAL CRASH OF ALL ON BOARD.

## 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 ERA24FA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA217), May 15, 2024: Beech V35 (N47WT), Franklin, TN, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s flight into convective weather, which resulted in a loss of control due to spatial disorientation and a subsequent inflight breakup of the airplane. Contributing to the accident was the…

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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