Beech Bonanza 35-C33, N866P: Aircraft force landed with gear retracted on dirt road near Peach Springs, Arizona

Emergency landing on Mohave County Road 5 of a 1966 Beechcraft single engine plane late morning March 21, 2012

Photo courtesy of Mohave County Sheriff's Office

Emergency landing on Mohave County Road 5 of a 1966 Beechcraft single engine plane late morning March 21, 2012 
Photo courtesy of Mohave County Sheriff's Office

ARIZONA STRIP - Mohave County Sheriff’s deputies responded to an emergency landing of an aircraft Wednesday morning on County Road 5, approximately 45 miles south of St. George.

At about 10:23 a.m., deputies responded to the desert area near Mt Trumbull of where a single engine plane, a 1966 Beechcraft, made an emergency landing on a dirt road due to engine failure.

The pilot, Robert Fuke, 66, of St. George, and his wife were not injured.

Fuke advised that he was en route to Phoenix when the engine began to run rough and eventually stopped working. Fuke said that he landed successfully even though the landing gear failed to operate. There was no reported fuel leakage.

The Federal Aviation Administration has been notified.

Source:  http://www.stgeorgeutah.com

http://registry.faa.gov/N866P

IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 866P        Make/Model: BE35      Description: 35 Bonanza
  Date: 03/21/2012     Time: 1545

  Event Type: Incident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: Minor

LOCATION
  City: PEACH SPRINGS   State: AZ   Country: US

DESCRIPTION
  AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED WITH GEAR RETRACTED ON A DIRT ROAD NEAR PEACH 
  SPRINGS, AZ

INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   0
                 # Crew:   2     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:    
                 # Pass:   0     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:    
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:    

WEATHER: 00000KT 10SM CLR 06/M02 A3022

OTHER DATA


  FAA FSDO: LAS VEGAS, NV  (WP19)                 Entry date: 03/22/2012 #