# Accident 19910528017639A: Beech STC45, Lake Elsimore, CA, May 28, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1991, 19:55 local time
- Place: Lake Elsimore, CA
- Airport: Skylark Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6330° N, 117.3016° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKYLARK (CA89), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6330&lon=-117.3016&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9903Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9903Z-2013-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C-45H (registry code 1151018, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-45h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH STC45
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX91LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA228) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910528017639A

## Narrative

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

FUEL STARVATION ON FINAL. CRASHED SHORT. PILOT UNAWARE FUEL MODIFIED RIGHT TANK USE ONLY.

## 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 LAX91LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA228), May 29, 1991: Beech C-45H (N9903Z), Lake Elsinore, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: FUEL STARVATION DUE TO AN IMPROPER MODIFICATION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM AND THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ENSURE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS AIRWORTHY PRIOR TO FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N9903Z (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19820314030969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820314030969I), Mar 14, 1982: Beech 18* (N9903Z), Charlotte Amali, U.S. Virgin Islands, Minor damage. As aircraft left ramp to takeoff, right wing hit ramp vehicle, damaging fuel vent.
- [Incident 19800720061769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800720061769I), Jul 20, 1980: Beech C45H (N9903Z), Las Vegas, NV, Substantial damage. Flight returned after encountering severe vibration. Portion of prop blade missing.

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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