What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Acft experienced a rough running engine then crashed under unknown circumstances 5NM east of Elizabeth, CO. (-23)on August 6, 1999, at 1200 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 two of his three passengers received serious injuries and the aircraft sustained substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an IFR fligth plan was filed for the cross-country fligth operating under title 14 CFR part 91. The flight originated form tulsa, Oklahoma, with a field destination of centennial airport, englewood, Colorado. According to the prelimianry information from the pilot, the aircraft may have suffered fuel exhaustion during descent for landing. The destination airport was approximately 11 miles from the accident site.
As the FAA filed it
ACFT EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE THEN CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES 5NM EAST OF ELIZABETH, CO. (-23)ON AUGUST 6, 1999, AT 1200 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 TWO OF HIS THREE PASSENGERS RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN IFR FLIGTH PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGTH OPERATING UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FORM TULSA, OKLAHOMA, WITH A FIELD DESTINATION OF CENTENNIAL AIRPORT, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO. ACCORDING TO THE PRELIMIANRY INFORMATION FROM THE PILOT, THE AIRCRAFT MAY HAVE SUFFERED FUEL EXHAUSTION DURING DESCENT FOR LANDING. THE DESTINATION AIRPORT WAS APPROXIMATELY 11 MILES FROM THE ACCIDENT SITE.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.