# Incident 19951129039129I: Beech F33A, Russellvile, AR, November 29, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 1995, 13:40 local time
- Place: Russellvile, AR
- Airport: Russellville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2593° N, 93.0926° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RUSSELLVILLE RGNL (RUE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2593&lon=-93.0926&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15JV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 50 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951129039129I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: HISTORY OF FLIGHT: ON NOVEMBER 29,1995, AT 1340 CDT, A BEECHCRAFT, BE-33-F33A, N15JV, REGISTERED TO VALLEY MOTORS, INC., IMPACTED A TELEGRAPH WIRE DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER ENGINE POWER FAILURE, ON FINAL APPROACH TO DESTINATION, DURING A 14CFR 91 PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED BY THE AIRCRAFT & THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT & ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED NO INJURIES, THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT COLLEGE STATION , TX NOVEMBER 29, 1995 AT 1115 CDT. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT: THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO ONE PROPELLER BLADE, UPPER ENGINE COWL, LEFT WING INBOARD LEADING EDGE, LEFT FLAP, LEFT LAND GEAR, UPPER CABIN SECTION, & LEADING EDGE VERTICAL STABILIZER FAIRING. TEST AND RESEARCH: INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE BOOST PUMP DRAIN IN INTAKE DUCT WAS OBSTRUCTED, ENGINE IDLE MIXTURE WAS RICHER THAN MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS, & FUEL PUMP PRESSURE WAS HIGHER AT IDLE RPM THAN SPECIFIED. NOTE: AIRCRAFT WAS NOT WITHIN POWER OFF GLIDE DISTANCE FROM RUNWAY OF FINAL APPROACH, FORCED LANDING TOUCH DOWN ACCOMPLISHED 1/2 MILE FROM RUNWAY APPROACH END. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.