# Accident 20050611013689A: Beech S35, Colorado Spring, CO, June 11, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2005, 07:45 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: City Of Colorado Springs Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8092° N, 104.7000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8092&lon=-104.7000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2FY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2FY-2017-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,592 total, 300 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05LA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050611013689A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 11, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 0745 MDT, A BEECH S35 SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANE, N2FY, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING AN APPARENT PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT REPORTED A PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE. HE LEVELED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER TAKEOFF TO REMAIN IN GROUND EFFECT IN AN ATTEMPT TO GAIN AIRSPEED. HE REPORTED THAT HIS AIRSPEED INCREASED TO ABOUT 80 KTS THEN BEGAN TO DECREASE. HE PERFORMED A FORCED LANDING ON A HIGHWAY MEDIAN APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT.

## 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 DEN05LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05LA088), Jun 11, 2005: Beech S35 (N2FY), Colorado Spring, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the flight instructor and pilot's improper decision to continue the attempted high altitude takeoff when Vy airspeed was not obtained, and failure to abort the takeoff which resulted in an off-field…

## Other reports on N2FY (1)

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

- [Incident 19921212056649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921212056649I), Dec 12, 1992: Beech S35 (N2FY), Bulverde, TX, Minor damage. Unable to lower landing gear. Landed gear up. Landing gear actuator jammed due to non lubricated bearings.

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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