# NTSB FTW87LA012: Beech P-35, N8532M, Clarendon, TX, November 1, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 1, 1986, 00:45 local (06:45 UTC)
- Place: Clarendon, TX
- Coordinates: 34.92947, -100.88945 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9295&lon=-100.8894&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22295
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW87LA012
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22295/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA012

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (cause)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed(vlof) - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - fence

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS ATTEMPTING A TAKEOFF WITH A 12 KT QUARTERING TAILWIND WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING ROTATION AND GEAR RETRACTION, THE ACFT SETTLED AND IMPACTED THE TERRAIN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8532M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8532M-1989-12-04), registration cancelled 1989-12-04, S/N D7197 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech P-35
- Registry model: [Beech P35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-p35) (registry code 1151530) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-7197
- Airframe hours: 2038
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: John M. Garner
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 15, 1986, 20 hours before
- Departed: E34, CLARENDON, TX
- Airport: E34, Clarendon, runway 2, 3,700 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 16,600 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 16,600 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 70° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,400 ft overcast
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: AMA, 45 nm away

## 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 19861101052769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861101052769A), Nov 1, 1986: Beech 35BEECH, Clarendon, TX, Destroyed. The aircraft colided with the ground during a downwind takeoff. Density altitude a factor.

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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