Beech 35 accident near Kremmling, CO
On December 16, 1995, a Beech 35 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Kremmling, CO. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- December 16, 1995
- Place
- Kremmling, CO
- Aircraft
- Beech 35 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 40.049°N, 106.370°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001207X04996
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On December 16, 1995, at 1400 mountain standard time, (mst) a Beech BE-35, N1969D, collided with terrain after takeoff from McElroy Field, Kremmling, Colorado. The certified flight instructor and student pilot received fatal injuries and the aircraft was destroyed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for this local area instructional flight operating under Title 14 CFR Part 91 and no flight plan was filed. According to witnesses, the flight had been operating in the traffic pattern for about two hours. Following takeoff from a touch and go landing on runway 9, the aircraft was observed passing over a low hill and some electrical feeder lines in a nose high attitude with the wings "wobbling." It impacted in a field about 100 yards beyond the feeder lines and about one mile off the end of the runway. Weather at the time was clear skies and calm winds. Investigation revealed that the aircraft was owned jointly by the father and son and the son, who was a certified flight instructor, was teaching his father to fly. According to persons at the airport, they flew nearly every Saturday, weather permitting, and usually stayed in the pattern. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The pilot received his private pilot certificate on September 4, 1982, his commercial and instrument certificate February 4, 1985, and his flight instructor certificate on February 10, 1985. Two pilot logs were recovered. The last entry in the second log was made on September 5, 1990. Flight time accumulated after that date could not be verified; however, according to the student's log book, he fle
Probable cause
a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of the student pilot's improper positioning of the fuel selector and the the CFI's inadequate fuel management. Factors in the accident were: the unmarked fuel selector and the CFI's excessive descent rate during the forced landing.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
