# Accident 20070719020489A: Beech C45H, Longmont, CO, July 19, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2007, 09:18 local time
- Place: Longmont, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1194° N, 105.0556° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1194&lon=-105.0556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9562Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9562Z-2008-08-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C-45H (registry code 1151018, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-45h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C45H
- Reported engine: PWA R985*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 900 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN07LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07LA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070719020489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WERE PRACTICING SINGLE ENGINE OPERATIONS. WITH RIGHT ENGINE AT IDLE THE LEFT ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND NOT PRODUCE POWER. RIGHT ENGINE WAS BROUGHT BACK TO FULL POWER AND LEFT ENGINE WAS FEATHERED. RIGHT ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER, CREW SET UP FOR FORCED LANDING. AIRCRAFT DESCENDED CLIPPING TREES, IMPACTING THE GROUND IN FIELD, SKIDDING ACROSS ROAD HITTING POWER LINE POLE, COMING TO REST IN FIELD. AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE, CREW WAS ABLE TO EGRESS.

## 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 DEN07LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07LA122), Jul 19, 2007: Beech C-45H (N9562Z), Longmont, CO, destroyed. Probable cause: The instructor pilot's improper preflight in that he failed to close the rocker box recovery system drain valves, resulting in a total loss of lubricating oil and subsequent oil starvation to both…

## Other reports on N9562Z (1)

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

- [Incident 20020714015469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020714015469I), Jul 14, 2002: Beech C45H (N9562Z), Sanjuanisland, WA. (-23) On July 14, 2002, approximately 1400 pacific daylight time, a Beech C45H, N9562Z, being flown by private pilot stephen p. hinds performed a landing at…

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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