NTSB investigations: Beech S35

9 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Beech S35, where the first occurrence was “Loss of control - in flight”. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

Cases per year

19842026
NTSB investigations: Beech S35 per year, 1984–2026: 9 cases
19841
19881
19931
19951
19971
19991
20001
20021
20061

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Query with SQL
duckdb -csv -c "SELECT c.\"ntsbNumber\", c.\"eventDate\", c.\"eventType\", c.\"eventCity\", c.\"eventStateOrRegion\", a.n_number, a.\"aircraftMake\", a.\"aircraftModel\", c.\"highestInjuryLevel\", c.\"totalFatal\", c.\"completionStatus\", c.report_url
  FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c.\"mKey\" AND a.position = 1
  WHERE c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1151532')
      AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o.\"occurrenceNumber\" = 1 AND o.\"occurrenceCode\" = 250))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB NYC06FA230Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportBeech S35 · Lake City, FLA loss of control during an unintentional takeoff for an undetermined reason.Sep 27, 2006 · N5852S · DestroyedNTSB CHI02LA051Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech S35 · Angola, INThe pilot 's failure to maintain adequate airspeed and encountered a stall on approach to land. The low altitude on final approach was a factor.Jan 6, 2002 · N7915K · DestroyedNTSB DEN00FA175Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportBeech S35 · Longmont, COThe pilot/passenger's failure to maintain aircraft control, and the pilot in command's inadequate supervision of the flight. A factor was the pilot/passenger's lack of experience in aircraft type.Sep 17, 2000 · N711HZ · DestroyedNTSB NYC00FA039Accident · 3 fatalField investigationFinal reportBeech S35 · Newark, NJThe pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Factors in the accident were failure of the horizontal situation indicator for undetermined reasons, and the pilot's use of inappropriate medication.Nov 26, 1999 · N8992M · DestroyedNTSB NYC98FA034Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportBeech BE-S35 · Chatham, MAThe pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during initial climb which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent impact into trees. Related factors were high wind and turbulence.Nov 27, 1997 · N5667K · DestroyedNTSB LAX96FA042Accident · 4 fatalField investigationFinal reportBeech S35 · Kneeland, CAfailure of the pilot to correct a descending spiral and perform a missed approach, after becoming spatially disoriented and deviating from the planned ILS approach procedure. Factors relating to the accident were: darkness, and the pilot's excessive…Nov 9, 1995 · N8920M · DestroyedNTSB ATL94FA007Accident · 4 fatalField investigationFinal reportBeech S-35 · Carrollton, GAWas the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a missed approach which resulted in a stall. A factor was the pilot's failure to follow IFR procedures.Oct 22, 1993 · N8688Q · DestroyedNTSB FTW88FA063Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportBeech S35 · Lake Charles, LAAcft crashed into a lake shortly after being vectored onto the final approach course for an ILS at 1,500'. Two current IFR plts were on board. Wx at the time was 500' ovc with 10 miles vis and no convective activity or turbulence reported in the area. No…Feb 19, 1988 · N5701K · DestroyedNTSB LAX84LA322Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech S35 · Kayenta, AZThe plt reported that during takeoff, he raised the nose, the acft began climbing and immediately thereafter, the stall warning horn sounded. He then lost control, the acft descended & crashed into terrain south of the rwy. The plt said that he over rotated…May 28, 1984 · N10WR · Substantial damage