# Accident 19901024047009A: Beech F33A, Mobile, AZ, October 24, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1990, 10:54 local time
- Place: Mobile, AZ
- Airport: Mobile Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1119° N, 112.2692° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1119&lon=-112.2692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1568A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1568A-1992-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F33A (registry code 1151425, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,796 total, 1,574 in this make and model, 219 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX91LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901024047009A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON CLIMBOUT. CRASH LANDED OFF END RUNWAY. SEAL MATERIAL LODGED IN FUEL PORT OF THROTTLE BODY FUEL UNIT.

## 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 LAX91LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA017), Oct 24, 1990: Beech F33A (N1568A), Mobile, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A FUEL FLOW INTERRUPTION DUE TO A FUEL SYSTEM SEAL FRAGMENT BECOMING LODGED IN THE FUEL CONTROL UNIT AND THE MANUFACTURER'S INADEQUATE QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES.

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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