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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech A35 · Downers Grove, IL · May 29, 1995

Date: May 29, 1995 · 20:04 local
Place: Downers Grove, IL
Airport: Brookeridge Air Park Airport
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N8480A
NTSB investigation: NTSBCHI95FA161
Reported as: Beech A35
Reported engine: Continental E18511
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,087 total47 in this make and model26 in the last 90 days

N8480ARegistration cancelled Mar 12, 1997 · Beech A35S/N D1900 Airframe modelBeech A35

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What happened

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Lost power on takeoff. Landed off end runway gear up and struck trees. No anomalies found. Mixture 80 and 100 fuel. (-23) on may 29, 1995 at 2004 CDT a BE-35-A35, N8480A, piloted by david e. rutter, with a passenger kimberley o'connor took off from the Brookeridge airport (C24), Downers Grove, IL. After takeoff the pilot executed an emergency landing and the pilot and passenger sustained severe injuries. The flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions. No flight was filed.

As the FAA filed it

LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF. LANDED OFF END RUNWAY GEAR UP AND STRUCK TREES. NO ANOMALIES FOUND. MIXTURE 80 AND 100 FUEL. (-23) ON MAY 29, 1995 AT 2004 CDT A BE-35-A35, N8480A, PILOTED BY DAVID E. RUTTER, WITH A PASSENGER KIMBERLEY O'CONNOR TOOK OFF FROM THE BROOKERIDGE AIRPORT (C24), DOWNERS GROVE, IL. AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED SEVERE INJURIES. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. NO FLIGHT WAS FILED.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB CHI95FA161Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportDowners Grove, ILfuel contamination (water), and the pilot's inadequate aircraft preflight. A factor was trees.May 30, 1995 · Destroyed