# Incident 19960412012679I: Beech C23, Independence, MO, April 12, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1996, 13:30 local time
- Place: Independence, MO
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0911° N, 94.4155° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Independence, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0911&lon=-94.4155&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6014F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6014F-2000-03-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,206 total, 32 in this make and model, 176 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960412012679I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: CFI STATED THAT A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE WAS INITIATED AT 3,500 FT. MSL BY REDUCING THE THROTTLE. THE STUDENT ESTABLISHED 78 KT. GLIDE SPEED, ACTUATED THE ELEC. FUEL PUMP, APPLIED CARB. HEAT AND SWITCHED FUEL TANKS. A FIELD WAS SELECTED; HOWEVER, THE STUDENT DRIFTED TOO FAR AWAY TO MAKE IT. ANOTHER FIELD WAS SELECTED. DURING THE GLIDE THE CFI CLEARED THE ENGINE "ONCE OR TWICE". THE GLIDE CONTINUED TO APPROX. 500 FT AGL WHEN THE CFI INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT TO GO AROUND. FULL POWER WAS APPLIED. THE ENGINE RESPONDED MOMENTARILY AND THEN LOST POWER. THE CFI TOOK THE CONTROLS, PUMPED THE THROTTLE TWICE AND CONTINUED TOWARD THE FIELD. A SUCCESSFUL OFF-AIRPORT LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED NEAR HIGHWAY 24 & SALEM ROAD. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE OR PROPERTY ON THE GROUND, NOR WERE THERE INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS. AN A&P MECHANIC WAS DISPATCHED TO THE FIELD AND COULD FIND NO INDICATIONS OF AN ENGINE MALFUNCTION. A RUN-UP WAS CONDUCTED WITH THE CFI AT THE CONTROLS. BOTH STATED THE ENGINE CHECKED OUT OK. PRECAUTIONS WERE TAKEN AND THE CFI WAS ABLE TO TAKE OFF OUT OF THE FIELD AND RETURN THE AIRPLANE TO MKC. THE AIRPLANE'S LOG BOOK INDICATED THAT AN ANNUAL INSPECTION HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED THE DAY BEFORE. ON 04-15-96, ANOTHER CFI MADE SEVERAL HIGH-SPEED TAXI RUNS AT MKC WITH THE FUEL SELECTOR IN EACH POSITION AND THE ELEC. FUEL PUMP ON & OFF. THE ENGINE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE A&P MECHANIC SPECULATED THAT IF THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS NOT IN ITS DETENT WHEN THE TANKS WERE SWITCHED. THE ENGINE COULD HAVE RUN AT IDLE WITH THE FUEL IN THE LINES AND THE ELEC. PUMP SUPPLYING PRESSURE. THEN WHEN THE THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED TO GO-AROUND, THE ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. CFI COUNSELED ABOUT THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS INCIDENT, NO. CE96IGA0048, IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N6014F (4)

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

- [Accident 19990221043459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990221043459A), Feb 21, 1999: Beech C23 (N6014F), Kansas City, MO, No damage. (-23)Aircraft crashed due to fuel starvation caused by the fuel selector being turned to the off position by the pilot. (Tty)aircraft completed a practice ILS…
- [Incident 19980508018709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980508018709I), May 8, 1998: Beech C23 (N6014F), Bulter, MO, Minor damage. Bounced and bent nose gear aft, prop strike and deformed exhaust stack. Student on cross country.
- [Accident 19960621047259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960621047259A), Jun 21, 1996: Beech C23 (N6014F), Ainsworth, NE, Substantial damage. (-16) The aircraft departed Kansas city municipal airport (downtown) Missouri, at 0730 CDT enroute to sturgis, south dakota. Approximately 15 miles south of…
- [Incident 19880814044169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880814044169I), Aug 14, 1988: Beech C23 (N6014F), Salina, KS, Minor damage. Student pilot lost directional control on rollout. Veered off runway. Ground looped. Made an improper touchdown.

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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