# NTSB FTW83LA073: Beech V-35B, N9435Q, Big Spring, TX, January 2, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 2, 1983, 14:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place: Big Spring, TX
- Coordinates: 32.23973, -101.469367 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2397&lon=-101.4694&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 20782
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA073
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20782/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA073

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM A SLUSH-COVERED RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT PREFLIGHT, ENGINE START, TAXI AND RUN UP WERE NORMAL. HE FURTHER STATED THAT TAKEOFF FROM THE SLUSH COVERED RUNWAY WAS ROUTINE TO AN ALTUTIDE OF APPROX 200 FT AGL WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN ROLLING TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE ROLL WITH RIGHT AILERON AND RUDDER WITH NO RESPONSE. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE, FLIGHT CONTROLS AND CONTROL CABLES FOUND NO PREIMPACT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9435Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9435Q-1993-06-10), registration cancelled 1993-06-10, S/N D9317 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V-35B
- Registry model: [Beech V35B](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (registry code 1151548) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-9317
- Airframe hours: 2287
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-BA 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jack Lewis
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 2, 1982, 99 hours before
- Destination: SWI, SHERMAN, TX
- Airport: 21XS, Big Spring Municipal, runway 35, 7,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,230 total, 900 in this make and model, 2,230 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 37 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830102000249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830102000249A), Jan 2, 1983: Beech V35B, Big Spring, TX, Substantial damage. Takeoff from wet snow and slush runway. At 200 feet left wing dropped. Pilot lost control. Crashed left wing low.

## Other investigations on N9435Q (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 FTW91FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91FA080), May 16, 1991: Beech V35B (N9435Q), Manor, TX, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S OPERATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AT A GROSS WEIGHT AND CENTER OF GRAVITY WHICH EXCEEDED THE CERTIFICATED OPERATING LIMITATIONS, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND STRUCTURAL OVERLOAD. TURBULENCE…

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.

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