# Incident 20020525012499I: Beech P35, Denver, CO, May 25, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2002, 15:05 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8650M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8650M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech P35 (registry code 1151530, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-p35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH P35
- Reported engine: CONT IO470N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,669 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020525012499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) REFUELED IN WICHITA, KS. WHILE CRUISING AT 10,000 FT. ENGINE APPEARED TO LOSE POWER. AIRSPEED DROPPED, AND CRUISE DESCENT WAS INITIATED. POWER REDUCTION TO 16" MAP RESULTED IN SMOOTHER OPERATION. MAINTAINED POWER SETTING UNTIL DOWNWIND PATTERN ENTRY. LANDING CHECKLIST EXECUTED BY PASSENGER/CO-PILOT. FURTHER POWER REDUCTION RESULTED IN ENGINE STOPPAGE. DESPITE SWITCHING TANKS, AND ADDING BOOST PUMP FUEL, ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. PILOT DECIDED HE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE RUNWAY, AN ADJACENT HIGHWAY WAS OVER-CROWDED, SO FULL FLAPS WERE SELECTED WITH GEAR DOWN, AND A LANDING WAS EXECUTED 1.75 MILES SE OF APA. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND STOPPED WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE (LH WINGTIP). NO INJURIES TO PERSONS ON BOARD.

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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