- Date
- July 25, 1985, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Buena Vista, CO
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6039SBeech 58P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850725033759A
- Case key
- 16733
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The left engine failed during takeoff at an altitude of about 40 ft AGL. During the forced landing, the plt used incorrect emergency procedures and failed to maintain lateral and directional control of the acft. Inspection of the acft revealed a disintegrated left eng induction air filter had blocked the air box outlet, a misaligned air box prevented actuation of the alternate air source door and a bogus gasket had been installed between the air box flange attachment and the firewall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6039S
- Reported as
- Beech 58P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TJ-38
- Airframe hours
- 1,367
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-L1B, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles Howard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 11, 1984 · 600 hours before
- Destination
- DWH · Houston, TX
- Airport
- 7V1 · Buena Vista Municipal, runway 33, 9,000 × 150 ft, macadam
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,470 total · 59 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALS, 90 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6039S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.