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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech 23BEECH · Naples, FL · March 9, 1981

Date
March 9, 1981 · 13:15 local
Place
Naples, FL
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3547R
Reported as
Beech 23BEECH
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
291 total37 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine quit due to fuel selector on empty tank. Overshot nearby airport runway. Crashed on golf course.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL SELECTOR ON EMPTY TANK. OVERSHOT NEARBY AIRPORT RUNWAY. CRASHED ON GOLF COURSE.