# Accident 19930517014169A: Beech 36BEECH, Hayward, CA, May 17, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1993, 19:49 local time
- Place: Hayward, CA
- Airport: Hayward Air Terminal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6688° N, 122.0808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hayward, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6688&lon=-122.0808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7687N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7687N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 36 (registry code 1151602, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 36BEECH
- Reported engine: CONT IO520B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,330 total, 985 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX93LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA218) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930517014169A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT AFTER SWITCHING FROM RIGHT TO LEFT TANKS. LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY. NO USEABLE FUEL LEFT.

## 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 LAX93LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA218), May 18, 1993: Beech 36 (N7687N), Hayward, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: fuel starvation due to the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection of the aircraft and his failure to ensure that adequate fuel existed in the fuel tanks to be used.

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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