Beechcraft A36 N435P

Summary

On 15 March 2005 at about 20:33 local time, a Beechcraft A36 registered N435P, operated by Mesa Pilot Development, Inc, was involved in an accident near Farmington, New Mexico, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

15 March 2005 at 20:33

Classification

Accident

Location

Farmington, New Mexico, United States

Nearest airport

Four Corners Regional Airport (FMN)

Coordinates

36.7381, -108.2244

Aircraft

Beechcraft A36

Registration

N435P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Mesa Pilot Development, Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Farmington → Farmington

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN05CA062

Nobody was injured.

the student pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in a stall and loss of control. Contributing factors were wind gusts, instructor's delay in taking remedial action, and the instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor stated that his student was performing a short-field takeoff on runway 25. He stated that once the airplane became airborne, he "noted that the pitch was a bit high." He stated that the pitch continued to increase and the airplane rolled to the right and then to the left. The instructor stated that he took control of the airplane and decreased the angle of attack and rolled the wings level. The airplane continued to descend and impacted the left side of the runway, bouncing several times, causing substantial damage. According to the METAR (aviation routine weather report) taken at 1353, the winds were reported as 220 degrees at 13 knots, gusting to 17 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.