# Accident 19820908044709A: Beech 35BEECH, Topsham, VT, September 8, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1982, 18:50 local time
- Place: Topsham, VT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1337° N, 72.2498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Town of Topsham, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1337&lon=-72.2498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4454S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4454S-2011-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 443 total, 34 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC82DA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA219) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820908044709A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT EN ROUTE DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. FAILED TO SWITCH TO FULL TANK. CRASH LANDED IN A ROUGH FIELD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC82DA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA219), Sep 8, 1982: Beech 35 (N4454S), Topsham, VT, substantial damage

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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