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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech K35 · Lake Elmo, MN · March 25, 2006

Date: March 25, 2006 · 13:55 local
Place: Lake Elmo, MN
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N810R
Reported as: Beech K35
Reported engine: Lycoming IO540*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,194 total600 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N810RRegistered now · Beech K35S/N D-5924 · Built 1959 Airframe modelBeech K35 Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On 3-26-06, N810R departed rwy 32 at Lake Elmo airport. privacy data omitted Was the pilot, no passengers. The pilot privacy data omitted reported the engine to run rough and quit at about 200 ft AGL. He retracted the landing gear and landed slightly left in a plowed field. No injuries, no fire, no ELT. Further investigation revealed the main fuel line from the fuel injector to the fuel flow divider to be loose and minor foreign contamination of the fuel injector nozzles.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 3-26-06, N810R DEPARTED RWY 32 AT LAKE ELMO AIRPORT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT, NO PASSENGERS. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED THE ENGINE TO RUN ROUGH AND QUIT AT ABOUT 200 FT AGL. HE RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AND LANDED SLIGHTLY LEFT IN A PLOWED FIELD. NO INJURIES, NO FIRE, NO ELT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE MAIN FUEL LINE FROM THE FUEL INJECTOR TO THE FUEL FLOW DIVIDER TO BE LOOSE AND MINOR FOREIGN CONTAMINATION OF THE FUEL INJECTOR NOZZLES.