Bonanza Impacted Three Cars
No one was injured Tuesday night when a Beech Bonanza clipped a
light pole, and impacted parked vehicles in an office building
parking lot near Denver's Centennial Airport.
The pilot, identified by Arapahoe County police as 77-year-old
William Disser, was able to get out of the plane on his own... and
only suffered minor cuts in the crash. Disser told investigators
he'd taken off from San Jose, CA bound for Colorado Springs
-- but he diverted from that airport, due to bad weather.
Disser added he attempted to land at Centennial, but executed a
go around due to wind conditions. It was during this go around that
Disser said the plane developed an as-yet-unknown engine
problem.
Disser refused medical treatment following the landing, and
declined to speak with reporters. It was unclear from media reports
if he had declared an emergency with the tower at Centennial,
although the FAA Preliminary Report states Disser did make an
emergency call.
One office worker told the Rocky Mountain News she was about a
minute from getting into her parked SUV -- one of three vehicles
struck by the Bonanza (file photo of type, below) -- when she heard
the plane come down.
"I was just leaving the building," Knight said. "I heard a loud
noise. I saw the pilot. He was walking around very dazed with a
fire extinguisher. I just ran inside and yelled to my
co-workers."
Firefighters cleaned up some spilled fuel, and secured the
scene. Investigators with the FAA and NTSB arrived at the scene
Wednesday.
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IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 7855R
Make/Model: BE36 Description: 36
Bonanza
Date: 10/04/2006 Time: 0005
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury:
Minor Mid Air: N Missing:
N
Damage: Destroyed
LOCATION
City: DENVER State: CO Country:
US
DESCRIPTION
ACFT CRASHED IN A PARKING LOT JUST SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AFTER
DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY, CENTENNIAL AIRPORT, DENVER, CO
INJURY DATA Total Fatal:
0
# Crew: 1 Fat:
0 Ser:
0 Min:
1 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat:
0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
# Grnd:
Fat: 0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
WEATHER: 2253Z 230/27G35 8 15/7 A3025
OTHER DATA
Activity: Pleasure Phase:
Unknown Operation: OTHER
Departed:
Dep Date: Dep.
Time:
Destination: DENVER,
CO
Flt
Plan:
Wx Briefing:
Last Radio Cont:
Last Clearance:
FAA FSDO: DENVER, CO
(NM03)
Entry date: 10/04/2006