Beech 35 ends up in grave yard at Medicine Hat

[Ramjet555]

64 year old pilot in a Beech 35 ended up in the graveyard after take off
at Medicine Hat this evening.

UPDATE: Medicine Hat Airport Tower received a mayday call from an inbound aircraft shortly before 8 PM this evening. Medicine Hat Police located a Beech Craft Sierra 35 plane that had crashed into the Hillside Cemetery. The pilot was the lone occupant of the aircraft. The 64 year old pilot and Medicine Hat resident was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Medicine Hat Police and Fire department are on scene at Hillside cemetery where a plane went down. Pilot has been taken to hospital. We'll have more details as they become available.

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[evansb]

The aircraft is a Beech 35 Bonanza/Debonair series, confusing, but NOT a Sierra. The Sierra is a 24 series.

A Model 33 Debonair/Bonanza (BE33) could be:

35-33 Debonair: (1959) An M35 Bonanza with conventional fin and tailplane, one 225 hp Continental IO-470-J, 233 built.
35-A33 Debonair: (1961) Model 33 with rear side windows and improved interior trim, 154 built.
35-B33 Debonair: (1962-1964) A33 with contoured fin leading edge, N35 fuel tank modifications and P35 instrument panel, 426 built.
35-C33 Debonair: (1965-1967) B33 with teardrop rear side windows, enlarged fin fairing and improved seats, 305 built.
35-C33A Debonair: (1966-1967) C33 with a 285 hp Continental IO-520-B engine and optional fifth seat, 179 built.
D33 Debonair: One S35 modified as a military close-support prototype.
E33 Bonanza: (1968-1969) C33 with improved Bonanza trim, 116 built.
BE33A Bonanza: (1968) E33 with a 285 hp Continental IO-520-B engine, 85 built.
E33B Bonanza: E33 with strengthened airframe and certified for aerobatics.
E33C Bonanza: (1968-1969) E33B with a 285 hp Continental IO-520-B engine, 25 built.
F33 Bonanza: (1970) E33 with deeper rear side windows and minor improvements, 20 built.
F33A Bonanza: (1970-1994) F33 with a 285 hp Continental IO-520-B engine, later aircraft have a longer S35/V35 cabin and extra seats, 821 built.
F33C Bonanza: (1970) F33A certified for aerobatics, 118 built.
G33 Bonanza: (1972-1980) F33 with a 260 hp Continental IO-470-N engine and V35B trim, 50 built.

[peekay4]

Seems to be C-GRMK, 1965 Beech Debonair.

[ShyTorque]

Damn, airpolice; I was just going to post some thing like that! :cool:

[peekay4]

I think if I crashed into a grave site (and survived) -- I might consider retirement from flying. What an omen.

Maybe a farm, also.

[evansb]

..and on that unscientific and superstitious post, you have some how managed to suspend rational thought on this thread.

[Ramjet555]

Yes, its a Debonair, 35-C33
C-GRMK (1965 Beech 35-C33 Debonair C/N CD-967)

The Post S35 was repeating an error by the News that wrote C rather than S,
and easy error to make.

[evansb]

Thank you [I]Ramjet[/I ]for the clarification, Was the prop turning at the time of ground contact?