Beech C35 accident near Rollinsville, CO
On August 4, 2010, a Beech C35 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Rollinsville, CO. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- August 4, 2010
- Place
- Rollinsville, CO
- Aircraft
- Beech C35 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 39.926°N, 105.641°W
- NTSB ID
- 20100804X30949
Official records · CEN10FA458
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 4, 2010, about 0620 mountain daylight time, a Beechcraft C35 airplane, N8974A, impacted trees and terrain in the Roosevelt National Forest near Rollinsville, Colorado. The commercial pilot and the two passengers were fatally injured. The personal flight was being conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 without a flight plan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The cross-country flight departed Boulder Municipal Airport (BDU), Boulder, Colorado, at 0600 and was en route to Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC), San Jose, California. According to the daughter of one of the passengers, the airplane and its passengers had been on a trip to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and had stopped at BDU to visit her before returning to California. She said the pilot had performed an emergency landing either on the way to Oshkosh or on the way back for a problem with the wiring on the propeller governor. She said the airplane had arrived at BDU the Sunday before the accident and the pilot had repaired the airplane by Tuesday, the day before the accident. She observed the airplane depart at 0600 on Wednesday morning and said the airplane was full of fuel. A witness observed an airplane similar to the accident airplane, traveling west along Highway 119, West of Boulder, Colorado, at about 0615. The witness commented that the airplane was flying at tree level and that the weather was clear. He also stated that he did not hear any problems with the engine. Reports of smoke coming from a remote
Probable cause
A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
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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.
