# NTSB SEA81FA034: Beech 35, N3024V, Maple Valley, WA, May 8, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 8, 1981
- Place: Maple Valley, WA · MAPLE VALLEY, WA
- Location: 47.3671° N, 122.0348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Maple Valley, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3671&lon=-122.0348&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 125534
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA81FA034
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FA034

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1137   81/5/8    MAPLE VALLEY,WA     BEECH 35            CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 53, 5300
        TIME - 1607                    N3024V              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CEDAR GROVE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MAPLE VALLEY,WA             KENT,WA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- ATTMPTD SLOW ROLL AFTER TKOF. HIT GRND DURING SPLIT S TYPE OF RECOVERY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3024V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Cedar Grove

## 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 19810508023769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810508023769A), May 8, 1981: Beech B35, Maple Valley, WA, Destroyed. Aircraft built up speed during takeoff and pulled up into slow roll, when inverted split 's' out.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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