# Incident 20061027024059I: Beech S35, Augusta, KS, October 27, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2006, 13:25 local time
- Place: Augusta, KS
- Airport: Augusta Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6698° N, 97.0780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUGUSTA MUNI (3AU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6698&lon=-97.0780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8945U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8945U) (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 IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,289 total, 1,556 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061027024059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER DEPARTED ON A CLEAR DAY INTO A 30 KNOT WIND ON RUNWAY 36 FROM AUGUSTA, KS ENROUTE PLANNED IFR TO IOWA ON PERSONAL BUSINESS. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT NOTED THE FUEL FLOW DOWN TO 16/GAL/HR AND THOUGHT HE SMELLED FUEL. THE PILOT LEVELED AT APPROX. 300 TO 500 FT. AGL WITH THE FUEL FLOW NOW NOTED AT 12/GAL/HR. THE PILOT THEN TURNED AROUND REDUCING THE THROTTLE INTENDING TO LAND DOWNWIND AT AUGUSTA; GROUND SPEED HOWEVER WAS TOO FAST AS HE WAS ALREADY HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY AND AT APPROX. 50 TO 80 FT. HIGH. THE PILOT ABORTED THE LANDING AND WAS ABLE TO EXTEND HIS FLIGHT PAST A RAVINE AND POND, CLOSED THE THROTTLE AND LANDED APPROXIMATELY 3/4 OF A MILE SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY AT THE TOP OF A PASTURE. THE NOSE WHEEL BROKE OFF NEAR THE END OF THE LANDING ROLL AND THE NOSE GEAR STRUT SUBSEQUENTLY FAILED WITH THE AIRCRAFT STOPPING IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION, NOSE ON THE GROUND. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT HURT AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT CLAIMED A DECREASING LOSS OF FUEL FLOW AND A STRONG FUEL SMELL THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE FUEL BOOST PUMP WAS NEVER TURNED ON. THE PILOT MADE NO SPECIFIC STATEMENT ABOUT THE MIXTURE OR PROPELLER.

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