- Date
- March 10, 1991, 14:14 local (21:14 UTC)
- Place
- Englewood, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9038QBeech V35B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910310004769A
- Case key
- 18074
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Probable cause
The pilot's premature liftoff and inadvertent stall mush. Factors were: downdrafts, high density altitude, and unsuitable terrain.
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 pilot and three passengers were taking off on runway 35R (elevation 5883 feet MSL). The pilot said each time he attempted to rotate for takeoff, the stall warning horn sounded. Power attained was 2400 2500 RPM and 23 24 inches of manifold pressure (at sea level, maximum power available is 2700 RPM and 29.6 inches of mercury). The airplane eventually lifted off but crashed 1/4 mile north of the departure end of the 10,000 foot runway. The pilot later reported he 'felt the affects of a windshear and experienced turbulence and a sudden downdraft.' One minute after the accident, winds were 200 degrees at 6 knots, temperature was 65 degree f., and the altimeter was 29.76 inches of mercury.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9038Q
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-9188
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas L. Saul
- Registered owner
- Thomas L. Saul
- Destination
- MKC · Kansas City, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- APA · Centennial, runway 35, 10,001 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,288 total · 119 in this make and model · 1,196 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.