20160122000829I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech K35 · Steamboat Sprin, CO · January 22, 2016

Date
January 22, 2016 · 13:40 local
Place
Steamboat Sprin, CO
Airport
Steamboat Springs Colorado
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N816R
Reported as
Beech K35
Reported engine
Continental I0-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
12,555 total250 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Following an in-depth twenty minute ground run-up, a standard takeoff, the aircraft experienced a loss of engine power, the aircraft was gear up, emergency landed to a snow covered open field approximately one mile northeast of the departure end of runway 32. The airplane sustained minor damage. The sole pilot occupant was not injured in this incident.

As the FAA filed it

FOLLOWING AN IN-DEPTH TWENTY MINUTE GROUND RUN-UP, A STANDARD TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, THE AIRCRAFT WAS GEAR UP, EMERGENCY LANDED TO A SNOW COVERED OPEN FIELD APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE NORTHEAST OF THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 32. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE SOLE PILOT OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED IN THIS INCIDENT.