# Accident 20080512836129A: Beech E55, Hayden, ID, May 12, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2008, 18:50 local time
- Place: Hayden, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7742° N, 116.8194° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7742&lon=-116.8194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5885C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5885C-2008-07-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-55 (registry code 1152732, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E55
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,400 total, 500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080512836129A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PIC (INSTRUCTOR); "DURING A SIMULATED SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF, INITIATED FROM A STOP AND GO LANDING WITH APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET OF RUNWAY AVAILABLE FOR TAKEOFF, AND CLIMB OUT FROM RUNWAY 19 AT KCOE, AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AGL, THE LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY THE RIGHT ENGINE LOSING POWER. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS THE FLYING PILOT AT THE TIME; HOWEVER THE PIC PUSHED THE NOSE DOWN TO GAIN AIRSPEED." THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND INSIDE OF AN ELECTRIC COMPANY MAINTENANCE YARD. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT WING IMPACTED A STATIONARY SNOW CAT, THE RIGHT WING IMPACTED A WOOD SHED AND THEN THE CONCRETE WALL OF THE ELECTRIC COMPANY, THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A PICKUP TRUCK. THE GEAR WAS DOWN, AND SELECTED AS SUCH, DURING THE INITIAL IMPACT AND COLLAPSED DURING THE MOMENTUM OF THE IMPACT. FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE RUPTURED WINGS, NO FIRE ENSUED. THE PIC AND STUDENT PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNDER THEIR OWN POWER. THE PIC REPORTED THAT THEY HAD FLOWN APPROXIMATELY THREE (3) HOURS SINCE REFUELING THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 SEA08LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA134), May 13, 2008: Hawker Beechcraft E-55 (N5885C), Coeur d'Alene, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: Loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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