# NTSB CEN25LA126: Beech V35, N7987R, Engelwood, CO, March 16, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: March 16, 2025, 17:41 local (23:41 UTC)
- Place: Engelwood, CO
- Coordinates: 39.570119, -104.84929
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5701&lon=-104.8493&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 199864
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA126
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199864/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA126

## Preliminary report

On March 16, 2025, at 1741 mountain daylight time, a Beech V35 airplane, N7987R, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Englewood, Colorado. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot noticed an alternator caution light and corresponding indication on his primary flight display (PFD) while enroute to his destination. He performed electrical load shedding procedures and arrived at his destination with enough remaining battery power to maintain radio communications and extend the landing gear and flaps. The pilot reported that the landing was normal in all respects, to include the gear indicator light, until the right main landing gear collapsed followed by the collapse of the front and then the left main landing gear. The airplane departed the runway and impacted a taxiway sign and taxi light, resulting in substantial damage to the right wing. Security camera video was obtained that showed the landing gear were extended before touchdown and the initial landing roll appeared normal before the landing gear collapse. The airplane was retained for further examination.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute-cruise: Electrical system malf/failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/332); cases with it: [Beech V35A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/332/sequence.md?model=1151544), [All aircraft, 182 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/332/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech V35A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=1151544), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Beech V35A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=1151544), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7987R](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7987R), registered now, S/N D-8975, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35 (A)
- Registry model: [Beech V35A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35a) (registry code 1151544) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-8975
- Year built: 1969
- Airframe hours: 9230
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Hopeful Monster LLC
- Registered owner: Hopeful Monster LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 2024
- Departed: KBFI, Seattle, WA
- Destination: KAPA, Engelwood, CO
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: APA, Centennial Airport, runway 35L, 7,001 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 9 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 22,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter: 29.88 inHg
- Observed at: KAPA
- METAR: KAPA 162353Z 29009G23KT 270V340 10SM FEW070 FEW160 BKN220 16/M12 A2988 RMK AO2 PK WND 28030/2333 SLP100 ACSL DSNT W T01611117 10167 20089 53001

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20250316003019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250316003019A), Mar 16, 2025: Beech V35A, Englewood, CO, Substantial damage. Alternator light came on in the south-west corner of Wyoming. Aircraft touch downed at apa. Shortly after touchdown, right main landing gear collapsed.…

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.

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