Beechcraft V35B N6643Q

Summary

On 13 May 2000 at about 20:14 local time, a Beechcraft V35B registered N6643Q, operated by Dave L. Sherman, was involved in an accident near Erie, Colorado, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

13 May 2000 at 20:14

Classification

Accident

Location

Erie, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Erie-Tri-County (48V)

Coordinates

40.0202, -105.0410

Aircraft

Beechcraft V35B

Registration

N6643Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Dave L. Sherman

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Broomfield → Hastings

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN00LA088

Nobody was injured.

Inadvertent cut off of the mixture by the pilot. Factors were: The passenger door opening, the pilot's inexperience in make and model, and rough, uneven terrain in the landing area.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During climb to cruise on a cross-country flight the passenger door came open and the pilot made a precautionary approach for landing at an airport along his route. After initiating descent for landing, the pilot discovered that the engine had lost all power. The landing was made short of the intended runway with the landing gear retracted. Following the landing, and evacuation of the aircraft by the pilot and his passengers, witnesses found the cockpit fully configured for flight with the throttle and propeller controls full forward and the magnetos and master switch on. However, the mixture was in the cutoff position. Examination and testing of the passenger door revealed no abnormalities. The flight was the pilot's first flight after being signed off as competent to perform as pilot in command in this make and model aircraft. He had accumulated approximately 4 hours flight experience in the aircraft with a total flight time of 207 hours all in single engine land airplanes.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.