# Incident 19801011073699I: Beech C23, Winfield, KS, October 11, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 1980, 22:30 local time
- Place: Winfield, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2428° N, 96.9797° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winfield, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2428&lon=-96.9797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5226M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5226M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,087 total, 25 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801011073699I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FORCED LANDING AFTER ENGINE STOPPED DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. PILOT MANAGED THE SYSTEM PROPERLY, HAD FUEL IN TANK.

## Other reports on N5226M (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19930731030659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930731030659I), Jul 31, 1993: Beech C23 (N5226M), Albany, GA, Minor damage. Student pilot flared high and made a hard landing. Nose gear folded back.
- [Incident 19870723047969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870723047969I), Jul 23, 1987: Beech C23 (N5226M), Pinehurst, GA. Engine quit due to fuel exhaustion during a round robin flight. Pilot had been lost. Landed in a field .

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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