# Accident 20100804040589A: Beech C35, Tolland, CO, August 4, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2010, 07:00 local time
- Place: Tolland, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9258° N, 105.6406° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9258&lon=-105.6406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8974A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8974A-2013-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C35 (registry code 1151508, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E225 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10FA458](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA458) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100804040589A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED BOULDER AIRPORT (KBDU) COLORADO FOR A DESTINATION IN UTAH WITH TWO PASSENGERS AND 60 GALS. OF FUEL ON BOARD.    AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN AT 10,200 FEET MSL IN MOUNTAINOUS, WOODED AREA NEAR ROLLINS PASS, CO.  AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE FUSELAGE WAS CONSUMED BY POST CRASH FIRE.  THREE FATALITIES.

## 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 CEN10FA458](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA458), Aug 4, 2010: Beech C35 (N8974A), Rollinsville, CO, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: A 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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