Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Beechcraft V35 Bonanza, N581U: Incident occurred March 08, 2020 near Destin Executive Airport (KDTS), Okaloosa County, Florida -and- Incident occurred August 20, 2016 near Manhattan Regional Airport (KMHK), Kansas

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Alabama and NW Florida

March 08, 2020: Aircraft declared Mayday due to engine failure and landed in a residential neighborhood. 

https://registry.faa.gov/N581U

Date: 08-MAR-20
Time: 15:07:00Z
Regis#: N581U
Aircraft Make: BEECH
Aircraft Model: 35
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: UNKNOWN
Activity: PERSONAL
Flight Phase: APPROACH (APR)
Operation: 91
City: DESTIN
State: FLORIDA









Beechcraft V35 Bonanza, N581U 
March 8th, 2020

DESTIN — The pilot and passenger who survived a plane crash Sunday morning were identified as a father and son from Kansas.

Jason Dougherty, 47, of Garden City, Kansas and Caleb Dougherty, 22, of Salina were onboard a Beechcraft V35 Bonanza when it went down short of the Destin Executive Airport runway, according to a press release from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.

The two, along with their Labrador retriever, were flying into the Destin area for vacation.

The three survived without a scratch after just missing a home and landing in a tree in the area of Main Street and Planet Drive around 10 a.m., the release said.

According to the Sheriff’s Office incident report, the pilot said he was on final approach to the airport when his only engine started to give out. He said he tried to adjust the mixture and switch fuel tanks, but the engine quit.

He made a “Mayday” call to the Destin Control tower before the plane hit some trees and started to slide to one side slowly, he said.

The left wing stopped when it hit the ground, which kept the plane from completely falling out of the tree, the pilot said.

Someone arrived with a ladder and helped them out of the tree.

The homeowner told the deputy she was out walking her dog when she heard a noise and came home to find the plane in her backyard trees.

There was no damage to her home, but aircraft fuel was spilled around the trees, the report said.

The plane suffered significant damage and someone from the National Transportation Safety Board was scheduled to come out Monday and investigate the incident.

Original article can be found here ➤ https://www.nwfdailynews.com

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Wichita, Kansas

August 20, 2016: Aircraft force landed in a field. 

Date: 20-AUG-16
Time: 15:40:00Z
Regis#: N581U
Aircraft Make: BEECH
Aircraft Model: 35
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Unknown
Flight Phase: LANDING (LDG)
City: MANHATTAN
State: Kansas

4 comments:

  1. Hope it's not another case of fuel exhaustion...

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    1. I would certainly check the fuel receipts first ........

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  2. Hello......
    Read the report. Fuel was spilling around the trees. Unless he was bringing portable fuel cans with him on vacation the most likely source would be from the aircrafts fuel tanks

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  3. Why would this event qualify as an incident instead of an accident? 3 souls are very fortunate that they were able to leave the "incident aircraft" under their on power. Would the FAA scrutinize the pilots flying management skills after being involved in two "incidents"?

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