# Incident 19960302005369I: Beech V35B, Lajunta, CO, March 2, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1996, 10:30 local time
- Place: Lajunta, CO
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9794° N, 103.5473° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Junta, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9794&lon=-103.5473&mi=10
- Aircraft: N725AP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N725AP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 205 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960302005369I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: PRIOR TO DEPARTING FROM ONY, TEXAS MR. SHEETS (PILOT) ACCOMPLISHED ENGINE RUN UP AND TAKE OFF WITH NO PROBLEMS. MR. SHEETS HAD BEEN FLYING FOR TWO HOURS WITH NO INDICATED ENGINE PROBLEMS. MR. SHEETS INDICATED, THE ENGINE THEN QUIT, THERE WAS NO RPM CHANGE OR ANY PRESSURE DROP IN HIS ENGINE INDICATING INSTRUMENTS PRIOR TO THE ENGINE QUITTING. AT AN ALTITUDE OF 10,500 FEET HE NOTIFIED DENVER CENTER THAT HIS ENGINE HAD QUIT AND NEEDED TO LAND IMMEDIATELY. THE DENVER CENTER STATED ROCKY FORD WAS THE CLOSEST AIRPORT. MR. SHEETS TOLD THE DENVER CENTER HE COULD NOT MAKE THE AIRPORT AND WOULD HAVE TO LAND ON A COUNTY ROAD. HE LANDED SAFELY AND NOTIFIED DENVER CENTER OF HIS STATUS BY RELAYING THE INFORMATION THROUGH A DELTA AIRLINE CREW FLT 1127. INCIDENT WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL A DETERMINATION IS COMPLETED AFTER ENGINE TEAR DOWN IS ACCOMPLISHED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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