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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Englewood, CO · March 31, 1989

Date
March 31, 1989 · 10:45 local
Place
Englewood, CO
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N66861
Reported as
Beech A36
Reported engine
Continental IO520BA
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
520 total31 in this make and model20 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.

After switching tanks fuel flow diminished till engine sputtering caused forced landing. Fuel was contaminated.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER SWITCHING TANKS FUEL FLOW DIMINISHED TILL ENGINE SPUTTERING CAUSED FORCED LANDING. FUEL WAS CONTAMINATED.