- Date
- June 22, 1986, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kim, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9544RBeech K35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860622027349A
- Case key
- 16990
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reports that he was cruising at 9,500 ft MSL when he encountered low broken clouds. He decided to descend below the clouds to assure remaining VFR. The plt said he retarded the throttle and descended to 7,000 ft MSL (1,000 ft AGL). When the throttle was advanced at 7,000 ft the eng quit. The plt said he switched fuel tanks but the eng did not restart. An off arpt forced landing was necessary and the acft landed gear up in rocky terrain. The plt also said the eng had been leaned to best cruise at 9,500 ft and the mixture was not enrichened prior to descent or during the attempt to restart the eng.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9544R
- Reported as
- Beech K35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-6131
- Airframe hours
- 3,230
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-C, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- A. Winfred Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1986 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- 3V4 · Ft. Morgan, CO
- Destination
- CVN · Clovis, NM
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 375 total · 305 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.