Beechcraft D35 N342R
16 March 2009 · Taos, New Mexico, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 16 March 2009 at about 18:00 local time, a Beechcraft D35 registered N342R was involved in an accident near Taos, New Mexico, United States. One person was 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.
The record
- Date
- at 18:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Taos, New Mexico, United States
- Nearest airport
- Taos Regional Airport (KSKX)
- Coordinates
- 36.4547, -105.6700
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft D35
- Registration
- N342R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Espanola → Taos
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN09CA223
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The failure of the student pilot to complete the before landing checklist. Contributing to the accident was his failure to lower the landing gear before landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The student pilot was landing at the non-towered airport after a cross country flight, when he made a "short approach", did not use any flaps, and kept an approach speed that was about 30 knots faster than normal. The student pilot said he didn't use his normal checklist procedure and that everything seemed to be going "too fast" when the airplane landed on the asphalt runway with the landing gear retracted and the skin on the belly of the fuselage was ground down to the main keel. There was no injury to the solo student pilot, but substantial damage to the fuselage structure.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft D35 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sep 2010 | Beechcraft D35 | Guymon, Oklahoma, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 29 Sep 2011 | Beechcraft D35 | Avare, Brazil | Raimundo A Pereira | Fatal | 2 |
| 15 Jan 2006 | Beechcraft D35 | Tierra Blanca, Costa Rica | Conrad W. Randell | Fatal | 2 |
| 9 Nov 2006 | Beechcraft D35 | Shelton, Washington, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 3 Oct 2005 | Beechcraft D35 | Creswell, Oregon, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 29 May 2015 | Beechcraft D35 | Sunriver, Oregon, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Jun 2009 | Curtiss Moses AEROLITE | Los Lunas, New Mexico, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 10 Jun 2009 | Agusta A109E | Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States | New Mexico State Police | Fatal | 2 |
| 5 Oct 2009 | Aerostar RX-7 | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 14 Oct 2009 | Cessna T210L | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | Suddarth Steven Craig | No injuries | - |
| 9 Mar 2009 | Grumman American Avn AA-1B | Golden, New Mexico, United States | Rupert Randal N | Fatal | 2 |
| 8 Oct 2009 | Aerostar RX8 | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |