# Accident 20061003020249A: Beech 36BEECH, Centennial, CO, October 3, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2006, 18:05 local time
- Place: Centennial, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5678° N, 104.8478° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5678&lon=-104.8478&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7855R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7855R-2009-03-26) (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: CONT IO550B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 3,400 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN07FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07FA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061003020249A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N7855R DEPARTED SJC FOR COS. PILOT DIVERTED TO APA DUE TO WEATHER. PILOT FLEW THE ILS 35R APA APPROACH CIRCLE TO LAND RUNWAY 17L. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT ON BASE TO FINAL AIRCRAFT ENGINE LOST POWER. THE AIRCRAFT CRASH LANDED IN A PARKING LOT NORTH AND WEST OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 17L. THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES, AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THREE UNOCCUPIED PARKED CARS AND A LIGHT POLE WERE HIT AND DAMAGED DURING THE LANDING. THERE WAS A SMALL POST CRASH FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHICH THE PILOT EXTINGUISHED WITH HIS HAND FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THERE WERE NO GROUND INJURIES. INVESTIGATION INDICATED THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS ON THE LEFT MAIN TANK. 12 GALLONS OF FUEL WERE DRAINED FROM EACH MAIN TANK AND THE TIP TANKS WERE EMPTY. THE MIXTURE PROPS AND THROTTLE WERE IN THE FULL FORWARD POSITION. THE FUEL BOOST PUMP WAS OFF AND TIP TANK TRANSFERRED PUMP WERE FOUND IN THE OFF POSITION. THE PILOT STATED ON A SUBSEQUENT INTERVIEW THAT HE DID NOT TOUCH ANY CONTROL AFTER THE CRASH. HE HAD A FIRE SO HE EXITED THROUGH THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT BECAUSE HE COULD NOT GET THE ENTRY DOOR OPEN. THEN HE WENT BACK IN GRABBED THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER FROM BEHIND THE SEAT AND PUT THE FIRE OUT.

## 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; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN07FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07FA002), Oct 4, 2006: Beech 36 (N7855R), Centennial, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Contributing factors were the light pole and parked vehicles impacted during the forced landing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; 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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