# Incident 20050115001199I: Beech V35, Hayden, CO, January 15, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2005, 14:00 local time
- Place: Hayden, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4922° N, 107.2643° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hayden, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4922&lon=-107.2643&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3705Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3705Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 850 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050115001199I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ STATED HE HAD BEEN UNDER THE HOOD FOR TWO (2) HOURS PRACTICING INSTRUMENT APPROACHES TO CRAIG, HAYDEN AND STEAMBOAT AIRPORTS. AFTER HE HAD BEEN AIRBORNE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR HE SWITCHED TANKS. HE RECORDED TACH TIME, WHICH IS THE PILOT'S ^PRIVACY DA^ METHOD OF MONITORING FUEL CONSUMPTION. DURING HIS SUBSEQUENT PANEL SCAN, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ IMPLIED THAT HE CONCENTRATED HIS FOCUS ON HIS NEWLY INSTALLED GPS 400 INSTRUMENT TO A DISTRACTION. DURING A MANEUVERING TURN THE ENGINE QUIT. HE ATTEMPTED A RESTART WITHOUT SUCCESS, SO HE DECIDED TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN WITH THE GEAR UP IN A SNOW FIELD TO MINIMIZE THE DAMAGE. THE NEXT DAY HE CHECKED THE TANKS AND FOUND ONE TANK WAS VIRTUALLY EMPTY. AFTER SOME CALCULATIONS ON THE TACH TIMES HE REALIZED HE HAD FORGOTTEN TO SWITCH TANKS. WHEN BEAGLES AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL TOOK THE WINGS OFF TO TRANSPORT IT THEY CONFIRMED APPARENT FUEL DEPLETION.

## Other reports on N3705Q (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19730419013029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730419013029A), Apr 19, 1973: Beech V35 (N3705Q), Delta, CO, Substantial damage. Exh clamp failed. Hole in firewall due prev maint on STC. Un see rwy,smoke. Lnd to l in rocky grnd.

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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