# Incident 20160820014609I: Beech V35, Manhattan, KS, August 20, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2016, 10:20 local time
- Place: Manhattan, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1883° N, 96.6059° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manhattan, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1883&lon=-96.6059&mi=10
- Aircraft: N581U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N581U-2023-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-520-BA2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 359 total, 42 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160820014609I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM GLD TO MHK WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE QUIT APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES FROM THE MHK AIRPORT. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD STRIKING A FENCE POST DAMAGING THE LEFT LEADING EDGE, LOWER WING, PITOT TUBE AND AILERON.

## Other reports on N581U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20200308001449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200308001449A), Mar 8, 2020: Beech V35 (N581U), Destin, FL, Substantial damage. On visual approach to dts the aircraft engine suddenly failed approximately 1 mile from the runway causing the aircraft to crash into the trees behind a…

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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