19870412053279A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech C35BEECH · Vacaville, CA · April 12, 1987

Date
April 12, 1987 · 17:30 local
Place
Vacaville, CA
Airport
Nut Tree
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N271F
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX87LA175
Reported as
Beech C35BEECH
Reported engine
Continental E2258
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
937 total206 in this make and model3 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 after takeoff. Pilot had repositioned fuel selector and the exact amount of fuel onboard was unknown.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT AFTER TAKEOFF. PILOT HAD REPOSITIONED FUEL SELECTOR AND THE EXACT AMOUNT OF FUEL ONBOARD WAS UNKNOWN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.