# Accident 20160114000189A: Beech C35, Meeker, CO, January 14, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2016, 17:44 local time
- Place: Meeker, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0522° N, 108.2786° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0522&lon=-108.2786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2025D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2025D-2019-01-30) (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 E185 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16FA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16FA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160114000189A

## Narrative

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

N2052D DEPARTED KPVU JAN 14TH AT 4:24PM MST ENROUTE TO KGNB.  HE CLIMBED UP TO 14,500 AND FLEW EAST TOWARD GRANDBY.  THE WEATHER STARTED TO DETERIORATE AND HE CONTINUED TO CLIMB.  AS HE CLIMBED THROUGH FL180 DENVER CENTER ASKED IF HE WAS REQUESTING AN IFR CLEARANCE.  THE PILOT STATED THAT WOULD BE GREAT.  DENVER CENTER THEN ASKED IF HE WAS IFR EQUIPPED AND CAPABLE.  THE PILOT ANSWERED THE AIRCRAFT IS IFR EQUIPPED.  DENVER CENTER THEN CLEARED HIM DIRECT GRANDBY.  THE PILOT WAS  GIVEN FL190.  DENVER CENTER ASKED THE PILOT IF HE COULD MAINTAIN FL190 OR IF HE WOULD NEED LOWER.  THE PILOT STATED HE WAS IN THE CLOUDS AT FL190.  DENVER QUERIED THE PILOT ABOUT HIS FLIGHT PATH BECAUSE THE AIRCRAFT WAS TURNING AND DESCENDING.  DENVER CENTER TOLD THE PILOT NOT TO DESCEND BELOW 11,000 OR HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TALK TO HIM OR SEE HIM ON RADAR.  THE PILOT RESPONDED TO THE CONTROLLER BUT STARTED TO SOUND LIKE HE WASN'T MAKING SENSE.  THE CONTROLLER QUERIED THE PILOT A NUMBER OF TIMES TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PILOT WAS DOING.  THE PILOT REPLIED TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS BUT NOT ALL.  THE CONTROLLER THEN LOST THE AIRCRAFT ON RADAR AND WAS UNABLE TO RECEIVE A RESPONSE.  DENVER CENTER THEN ASKED ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IF HE COULD CONTACT HIM FEARING HE WAS BELOW RADAR CONVERGE.  NO CONTACT WAS EVER MADE.

## 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 CEN16FA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16FA086), Jan 14, 2016: Beech C35 (N2025D), Meeker, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument-rated pilot's decision to fly the airplane in instrument meteorological conditions at high altitude for greater than 30 minutes without the use of supplemental oxygen which…

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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