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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 35-B33 · Perris, CA · May 26, 1990

Date
May 26, 1990 · 18:40 local
Place
Perris, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7959K
Reported as
Beech 35B33
Reported engine
Continental IO470*
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
353 total125 in this make and model16 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 lost power on descent. Switched tanks but engine quit from fuel exhaustion. Fuel bladder had failed.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER ON DESCENT. SWITCHED TANKS BUT ENGINE QUIT FROM FUEL EXHAUSTION. FUEL BLADDER HAD FAILED.