# Accident 20000815037269A: Beech K35, Holland, MI, August 15, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2000, 23:15 local time
- Place: Holland, MI
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7428° N, 86.1078° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7428&lon=-86.1078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6099E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6099E-2005-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech K35 (registry code 1151524, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-k35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH K35
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA258) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000815037269A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED BIV, CLIMBED TO 3,000 FT. AND ATTEMPTED TO REDUCE POWER, THROTTLE DID NOT RESPOND, POWER REMAINED AT 25" MAP. PILOT INTIATED CLIMB TO SLOW A/C AND EXTENDED LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS. PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO BIV. PILOT MOVED MIXTURE CONTROL TO IDLE CUTOFF AND BEGAN DESCENT. PILOT DECIDED DESCENT WAS "TOO MUCH" PUSHED MIXTURE IN, ENGINE RESPONDED. AT A POINT WHERE THE PILOT THOUGHT THE RUNWAY COULD BE REACHED, HE TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND PULLED THE MIXTURE. THE PILOT MISJUDGED POSITION AND TURNED IGNITION BACK ON AND MOVED MIXTURE TO RICH. AIRSPEED HAD SLOWED TO POINT WHERE PROPELLER STOPPED WINDMILLING SO PILOT ENGAGED STARTED BUT ENGINE DID NOT START. TOUCHDOWN WAS MADE SHORT OF RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI00LA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA258), Aug 16, 2000: Beech K35 (N6099E), Holland, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the misjudged glidepath by the pilot. Factors to the accident were the loose throttle cable due to improper installation by maintenance personnel, and the intentional engine shutdown during the…

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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