Beech V35B accident near Elizabeth, CO
On August 6, 1999, a Beech V35B (airplane) was involved in an accident near Elizabeth, CO. 4 people were seriously injured. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- August 6, 1999
- Place
- Elizabeth, CO
- Aircraft
- Beech V35B · Airplane
- Injuries
- 0 fatal, 4 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 39.361°N, 104.600°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X19485
NTSB summary
On August 6, 1999, at 1130 mountain daylight time, a Beech V35B, N3059W, conducted a forced landing when the engine lost all power approximately 5 miles northeast of Elizabeth, Colorado. The private pilot and his three passengers received serious injuries and the aircraft sustained substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for this cross-country flight operating under Title 14 CFR Part 91. The flight originated from Tulsa, Oklahoma, at 0915 central daylight time, with a filed destination of Centennial Airport, Englewood, Colorado. According to the pilot, the aircraft had 32 gallons of fuel in each of the two internal wing fuel tanks at the time he departed Tulsa. The pilot said he initiated the flight on the left fuel tank and it took 15 minutes for the climb out to his assigned cruising altitude of 10,000 feet above mean sea level (msl). During the climb, the pilot noted a "small" stream of fuel leaking around the fuel filler gasket on top of the right wing fuel tank. He said the gasket leak had happened before and always stopped when fuel usage lowered the level of fuel in the tank. He switched to the right tank and said the leak stopped in 20 to 30 minutes. He did not know the quantity of fuel that leaked from the tank and said that on previous occurrences the leakage had no measurable effect on fuel quantity. In the account the pilot provided, he said that he set the power to use 14 gallons of fuel per hour based on fuel flow. He flew for 1 hour on the right tank, then switched to the left t
Probable cause
A forced landing on unsuitable terrain following a total loss of power for non mechanical reasons. Factors were the pilot's failure to follow emergency procedures for restarting the engine, operating the aircraft with known deficiencies, and inaccurate planning and decision making.
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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.
