# NTSB Accident ANC03FA094
> **Beech V35-B** · 2003-08-09 · SKAGWAY, AK, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC03FA094
- **Event ID:** 20030814X01332
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-08-09
- **Location:** SKAGWAY, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 59.466945, -135.311386
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 3
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Beech
- **Model:** V35-B
- **Registration:** N4317S
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed and subsequent inadvertent stall, which resulted in a collision with trees during takeoff-initial climb.  Factors contributing to the accident were terrain features consisting of a ravine and rising terrain on either side of the departure runway.

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