# Accident 19940912026529A: Beech C35BEECH, Borrego Springs, CA, September 12, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1994, 08:45 local time
- Place: Borrego Springs, CA
- Airport: Borrego Valley Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1706° N, 116.2707° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1706&lon=-116.2707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N622D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N622D-1998-11-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C35 (registry code 1151508, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C35BEECH
- Reported engine: CONT E1858
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,666 total, 6 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX94LA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA363) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940912026529A

## Narrative

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

LOST FUEL PRESSURE AND POWER OVER MOUNTAINS. LANDED SHORT NEARBY. L08.FUEL SELECTOR ON EMPTY TANK IN FUEL PUMP MODE

## 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 LAX94LA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA363), Sep 12, 1994: Beech C35 (N622D), Borrego Springs, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent allowance of a fuel starvation loss of power event and his failure to select a tank containing fuel due to his lack of knowledge about the fuel pump/selector unit operating…

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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