# Accident 20040512034299A: Beech K35, Lake Worth, FL, May 12, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2004, 13:50 local time
- Place: Lake Worth, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.6000° N, 80.0869° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6000&lon=-80.0869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N551PK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N551PK-2013-05-10) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040512034299A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ENTERING DOWNWIND FOR INTENDED LANDING AT PALM BEACH COUNTY PARK (KLNA) PILOT LOST POWER AND EXECUTED EMERGENCY LANDING IN ADJACENT JOHN PRINCE PARK, LANDING ON DRIVING RANGE STRIKING NOSE STRUT ON DIVOT IN TERRAIN AND FLIPPING AIRCRAFT OVER ON ITS BACK. INVESTIGATION INDICATED AIRCRAFT HAD FUEL SEEPING FROM INVERTED FUEL CAPS. PILOT SUFFERED CRACKED NECK VERTEBRAE AND WAS TAKEN TO NEIGHBORING JFK MEDICAL CENTER. TEST OF FUEL BOOST PUMP REVEALED NOMINAL OPERATION ON BOTH HIGH AND LOW SETTINGS.

## 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 MIA04LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA082), May 12, 2004: Beech K35 (N551PK), Lake Worth, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons which resulted in a forced landing, collision with a berm during landing rollout, and the airplane nosing over.

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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