# Accident 20150925020849A: Beech S35, Pagosa Springs, CO, September 25, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2015, 11:45 local time
- Place: Pagosa Springs, CO
- Airport: Stevens Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1100° N, 106.5700° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1100&lon=-106.5700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N193Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N193Q-2018-06-08) (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 MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15FA424](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA424) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150925020849A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 A BEECH S35, N193Q, SN D-7708 COLLIDED WITH A STEEL FENCE POST WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON A GRAVEL ROAD PARALLEL TO HIGHWAY 84 IN PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO. WHILE CONDUCTING A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE FLIGHT AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT ON FILE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY POST CRASH FIRE AND BOTH OCCUPANTS RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORGINATED FROM DURANGO, CO (DRO) ENROUTE TO PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO (PSO).

## 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 CEN15FA424](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA424), Sep 25, 2015: Beech S35 (N193Q), Pagosa Springs, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: Improper engine assembly by unknown maintenance personnel, which resulted in the failure of the No. 6 connecting rod due to oil starvation from the shifting of the crankshaft's No. 4 main bearing.

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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