# Accident 19970607013569A: Beech V35, Daytona Beach, FL, June 7, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1997, 11:45 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Spruce Creek Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1702° N, 81.1395° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1702&lon=-81.1395&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35MD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35MD-1998-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,766 total, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL97LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970607013569A

## Narrative

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

FUEL EXHAUSTED ONE TANK ON FINAL. NO RESTART. HIGH. SLIPPED STEEPLY. WING HIT. IMPACTED UPRIGHT. GEAR THRU WINGS. (-23) ON JUNE 7, 1997 AT APPROXIMATELY 1145 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT), N35MD A BEECH 35-V35, SERIAL NUMBER D-8506, CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT SPRUCE CREEK AIRPORT (44J), DAYTONA BEECH, FLORIDA.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED DURING THIS OUT AND BACK TO FORT PIERCE AIRPORT (FPR).  THE PILOT IN COMMAND HERBERT BRICKER, CERTIFICATE NUMBER 32045, SUFFERED A COMPRESSION FRACTURE OF THE T-12 VERTEBRAE, THE TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD COMPLAINED OF NUMEROUS ACHES AND PAIN BUT REFUSED TREATMENT BY FIRE RESCUE.  MR. BRICKER STATED THAT HE WAS ON THE DOWNWIND LEG TO 44J WHEN HIS ENGINE QUIT RUNNING.  HE REALIZED HE HAD FORGOTTEN TO SWITCH THE FUEL TANKS FROM RIGHT TANK TO LEFT.  MR. BRICKER RAN THE RIGHT FUEL TANK DRY. AFTER SWITCHING TO THE LEFT TANK HE TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE BUT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME.  HE TURNED TO LAND BUT STALLED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING IMPACTED RUNWAY 23. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS AS FOLLOWS; THE PROPELLER WAS SEVERELY BENT, THE MAIN LANDING GEARS ON BOTH SIDES PIERCED THROUGH T                                    HE WINGS, THE LEFT TIP TANK WAS DENTED, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, THE ENGINE COWL WAS DENTED AND DISTORTED, THERE WAS ALSO A SEVERE OIL AND FUEL LEAK RESULTING FROM THE ACCIDENT. MR. JOHN BLACKBURN, JR., ALSO A PILOT AND THE PASSENGER SITTING IN THE RIGHT SEAT CONFIRMS THAT THE PILOT FORGOT TO SWITCH THE FUEL TANKS.  MR. BRICKER ALSO ADMITTED TO THE VOLUSIA COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTY ON THE SCENE THAT HE HAD RUN OUT OF FUEL.  MR. BRICKER'S LAST DOCUMENTED BIANNUAL FLIGHT CHECK WAS MAY 31, 1995.

## 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 ATL97LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA082), Jun 7, 1997: Beech V35 (N35MD), Daytona Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's mismanagement of fuel, resulting in fuel exhaustion.

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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