# Incident 20040227006249I: Beech 36BEECH, Hays, KS, February 27, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 2004, 17:20 local time
- Place: Hays, KS
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8826° N, 99.3222° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hays, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8826&lon=-99.3222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7886L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7886L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 36 (registry code 1151602, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 36BEECH
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 325 total, 200 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040227006249I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BRIGHTON CO (CO12) TO QUINTER KS (6KS1). HE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRCRAFT. THEY DEPARTED QUINTER KS (6KS1) 10 MINUTES AFTER CLIMBING TO AN ALTITUDE OF 7,500 FEET THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE QUIT ABRUPTLY. HE MADE ONE ATTEMPT TO RESTART THE ENGINE WITH NO SUCCESS. HE THEN LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON A COUNTY ROAD. APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR AFTER LANDING HE RESTARTED THE ENGINE, IT WOULD IDLE BUT WOULD DIE ONCE HE TRIED TO INCREASE POWER. ENGINE LOST POWER.

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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