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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 35BEECH · Bloomington, IL · March 1, 1995

Date: March 1, 1995 · 11:00 local
Place: Bloomington, IL
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N1567S
Reported as: Beech 35BEECH
Reported engine: Continental IO550B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,380 total1,141 in this make and model217 in the last 90 days

N1567SRegistered now · Beech P35S/N D-6993 · Built 1962 Airframe modelBeech P35 Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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.

Narrative: a Beech bonanza, N1567S, owned and operated by Mr. Robert c. zook, experienced an engine failure on March 1, 1995, during a VFR flight near peoria, IL. According to Mr. Zook, an engine restart was attempted without success. An emergency landing was made in a field without injury to himself nor damage to the aircraft. Upon inspection by a certified mechanic, it was determined that the aircraft ran out of fuel. The left tank fuel gauge indicated less than a quarter tank, the right tank indicated half full. Mr. Zook attempted to switch tanks prior to his emergency landing. The mechanic changed the left fuel gauge, and the ops check was good. Mr. Zook flew the aircraft out of the field without further incident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: A BEECH BONANZA, N1567S, OWNED AND OPERATED BY MR. ROBERT C. ZOOK, EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE ON MARCH 1, 1995, DURING A VFR FLIGHT NEAR PEORIA, IL. ACCORDING TO MR. ZOOK, AN ENGINE RESTART WAS ATTEMPTED WITHOUT SUCCESS. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE IN A FIELD WITHOUT INJURY TO HIMSELF NOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. UPON INSPECTION BY A CERTIFIED MECHANIC, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL. THE LEFT TANK FUEL GAUGE INDICATED LESS THAN A QUARTER TANK, THE RIGHT TANK INDICATED HALF FULL. MR. ZOOK ATTEMPTED TO SWITCH TANKS PRIOR TO HIS EMERGENCY LANDING. THE MECHANIC CHANGED THE LEFT FUEL GAUGE, AND THE OPS CHECK WAS GOOD. MR. ZOOK FLEW THE AIRCRAFT OUT OF THE FIELD WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.