ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 300081
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| Date: | Thursday 20 October 2022 |
| Time: | 12:58 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft V35B Bonanza |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N50JM |
| MSN: | D-10141 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2638 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Nogales International Airport (KOLS), Nogales, AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Dona Ana County International Jetport, NM (KDNA) |
| Nogales International Airport, AZ (KOLS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On October 20, 2022, about 1258 mountain standard time, a Beechcraft V35B airplane, N50JM, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Nogales, Arizona. The pilot sustained minor injuries and the passenger was hospitalized with serious injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
The pilot and his wife were at the conclusion of a cross-country flight. The pilot reported that he completed a normal approach and during touchdown the airplane veered to the left. After he was unsuccessful in his attempt to align the airplane with the runway using control inputs, the pilot elected to abort the landing, at which time he added full power and retracted the landing gear. The propeller subsequently struck the runway before the airplane started to climb. The pilot circled around the airport and the airplane impacted the ground about 0.5 nm north of the approach end of his landing runway. A postcrash fire ensued and the airplane sustained substantial damage.
Postaccident examination of the airplane’s flight control system did not reveal any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. Propeller strikes near the approach end of the runway indicate that the pilot retracted the landing gear before establishing a positive rate of climb during the aborted landing, which resulted in the propeller contacting the runway. As there was no evidence of a preimpact mechanical anomaly with the engine, it is likely that the airplane’s subsequent degraded performance during the aborted landing was the result of the propeller strike.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to establish a positive rate of climb before retracting the landing gear when he executed an aborted landing, which resulted in a propeller strike, diminished climb performance, and the inadvertent contact with terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/small-plane-crashes-at-nogales-international-airport
https://www.kvoa.com/townnews/aviation/plane-crash-leaves-two-injured-thursday/article_af0ff7b0-518a-11ed-954b-1b7ef46f6ddd.html
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106173
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N50JM
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Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Oct-2022 02:26 | Geno | Added |
| 22-Oct-2022 08:22 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 22-Oct-2022 10:29 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 22-Oct-2022 10:50 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-May-2024 09:59 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Accident report, Photo] |
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