# Accident 20180113000789A: Beech K35, Longmont, CO, January 13, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2018, 16:43 local time
- Place: Longmont, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1689° N, 105.1728° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1689&lon=-105.1728&mi=10
- Aircraft: N803R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N803R-2018-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech K35 (registry code 1151524, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-k35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH K35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 25 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180113000789A

## Narrative

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

ON 13 JANUARY 2018 A BEECHCRAFT BONANZA N803R CRASHED AFTER TAKE OFF WHILE PERFORMING TOUCH AND GOES AT LONGMONT COLORADO VANE BRAND AIRPORT.  THE PILOT WHO HAS AN ATP AND CFI RATING HAD PLANNED THE FLIGHT AS A LOCAL AREA ORIENTATION FLIGHT FOR A JUVENILE PASSENGER.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED KLMO AT APPROXIMATELY 15:55.  AFTER PRACTICING 'S' TURNS AND TURNS AROUND A POINT, N803R ENTERED THE PATTERN RWY 29 WITH FOUR OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN.  THE FIRST TOUCH AND GO WAS UNEVENTFUL.   DURING THE SECOND TOUCH AND GO JUST OFTER TAKE OFF SEGMENT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND THEN QUIT RUNNING.  A WITNESS AT THE SCENE CONFIRMED THAT THE ENGINE "POPPED AND SPUTTERED" AND THEN QUIT ON CLIMB OUT. THE LANDING GEAR UP AND AT THIS POINT IT WAS  ESTIMATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT AN ALTITUDE OF 200FT.  THE PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED AN OFF FIELD LANDING IN A GRASSY LEVEL FIELD APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS FROM THE END OF RWY 29.   DURING THE ATTEMPTED LANDING IN THE FIELD THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SHEARED OFF AND THE LEFT LANDING GEAR WAS PUSHED THROUGH THE LEFT WING.  THERE WAS GROUND SCARING CONSISTENT WITH THE LEFT WING STRIKING THE GROUND FIRST, FOLLOWED BY THE PROPELLER.  AT THAT TIME THE PROPELLER WAS SHEARED FROM THE ENGINE AND CAME TO REST JUST AFT OF THE LEFT WING.  THE ENGINE WAS BROKEN FROM ITS MOUNTS AND ROTATED UPSIDE DOWN AND 180 DEGREES IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT.   THERE WAS FUEL NOTED AT THE SCENE BY FIRST RESPONDERS WHO TURNED THE FUEL LEVER TO OFF FOR SAFETY.  PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES.

## 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 CEN18LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA076), Jan 13, 2018: Beech K35 (N803R), Longmont, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because a postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have…

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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