Raytheon Aircraft Company A36 accident near Gilcrest, CO
On June 7, 2004, a Raytheon Aircraft Company A36 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Gilcrest, CO. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 7, 2004
- Place
- Gilcrest, CO
- Aircraft
- Raytheon Aircraft Company A36 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 40.241°N, 104.802°W
- NTSB ID
- 20040615X00793
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 7, 2004, approximately 1650 mountain daylight time, a Raytheon Aircraft Company A36, N6162E, piloted by a private pilot, was destroyed when it impacted terrain approximately 2 miles south of Gilcrest, Colorado. Visual metrological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan had been filed for the local personal flight being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91. The private pilot and the student pilot passenger in the front seat were fatally injured. The rear passenger received serious injuries. The flight departed Vance Brand Airport (2V2), Longmont, Colorado, approximately 1630. Witnesses driving north on U.S Highway 85 observed the airplane flying low above the ground in a northerly direction. According to one witness, the airplane's wings rocked from side to side and then the airplane pitched up. The airplane's nose dropped and the airplane impacted the terrain in a right wing low attitude. The airplane came to rest in a sod field approximately 1/4 mile east of the highway. One witness exited his vehicle to help those on board the airplane. While approaching the wreckage, he noted a strong odor of fuel. The owner of Airwest Flight Center in Longmont, Colorado, said he heard a mayday call at the approximate time of the accident. He said he heard, "Mayday, Mayday, Beechcraft N (witness could not recall the N number} east of Longmont, going down, 3 souls on board." In a hospital interview and subsequent telephone interviews to clarify the submitted written statement, the surviving passenger stated that the fli
Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision by his failure to switch fuel tank selector position which resulted in fuel starvation. Also causal was the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in a stall.
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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.
