# Accident 19970830030439A: Beech 23BEECH, Wauseon, OH, August 30, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1997, 20:05 local time
- Place: Wauseon, OH
- Airport: Fulton County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5507° N, 84.1404° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5507&lon=-84.1404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2372L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2372L-2012-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 23 (registry code 1151202, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23BEECH
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10 total, 10 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD97LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970830030439A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON FINAL. LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY IN A BEAN FIELD. CAUSE POWER LOSS NOT ADDRESSED. (-23) PILOT WAS MAKING HIS APPROACH ON FINAL & ENGINE QUIT AT 1700'.  LANDED 500 YRDS SHORT OF THE RUNWAY (09) IN A SOYBEAN FIELD.  ONLY MINOR INJURIES TO PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER.

## 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 IAD97LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA116), Aug 31, 1997: Beech Musketeer 23 (N2372L), Wauseon, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's fuel mismanagement by his failure to switch fuel tank positions, which resulted in the fuel starvation and the loss of engine power.

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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