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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C35BEECH · Newport Beach, CA · April 29, 1988

Date
April 29, 1988 · 17:30 local
Place
Newport Beach, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N621D
Reported as
Beech C35BEECH
Reported engine
Continental E18511
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
903 total333 in this make and model1 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 on switching to aux fuel tank. Unable to restart. Gear up landing on Beach. No fuel in aux tank.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON SWITCHING TO AUX FUEL TANK. UNABLE TO RESTART. GEAR UP LANDING ON BEACH. NO FUEL IN AUX TANK.