# Accident 19981002028019A: Beech M35, Carter, OK, October 2, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 1998, 14:30 local time
- Place: Carter, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2103° N, 99.4993° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2103&lon=-99.4993&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9838R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9838R-1999-11-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech M35 (registry code 1151526, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-m35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH M35
- Reported engine: CONT IO470C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 479 total, 11 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981002028019A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS ON A TEST FLIGHT WHEN IT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES. (.4) THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED TERRAIN FOLLOWING A FORCED LANDING RESULTING FROM A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE UNDERWENT `EXTENSIVE' MODIFICATION AND REPAIR FOR FIVE TO SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT. SEVERAL MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, WHO WERE WORKING ON THE AIRPLANE THE MORNING OF THE ACCIDENT, STATED THAT THE PILOT WANTED THE AIRPLANE BACK, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS TOLD THAT MAINTENANCE WAS NOT COMPLETE. ALSO, ONE MAINTENANCE PERSON REPORTED THAT THE PILOT SAID, `NO MATTER WHAT, I'M PULLING THIS AIRPLANE OUT AND FLYING TO ALBUQUERQUE.' AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES OF FLIGHT, THE ENGINE `QUIT.' THE LEFT WING TANK FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE INDICATED `3/4 FULL.' THE PILOT THEN SWITCHED THE FUEL TANK SELECTOR SWITCH FROM THE LEFT MAIN WING TANK TO THE RIGHT MAIN WING TANK AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. HE THEN TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE WITH THE AUXILIARY TANK SELECTED, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. A FORCED LANDING WAS EXECUTED TO A PAVED, COUNTRY ROAD. THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE RIGHT INTO A DITCH, SUBSEQUENTLY THE RIGHT WING DUG INTO THE GROUND AND TURNED THE AIRPLANE 180 DEGREES      INTO A DITCH. (-23) WHILE FLYING VFR ON TOP AT 8,000 FEET, ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND THEN QUIT.  UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A ROAD SOUTH OF CARTER, OK.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ALIGNED WITH THE ROAD UPON LANDING AND VEERED OFF ONTO THE GRASS SHOULDER.

## 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 FTW99LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA003), Oct 2, 1998: Beech M35 (N9838R), Carter, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel starvation. Factors were; the pilot's self induced pressure to fly the aircraft when maintenance had not been completed, poor judgement by the pilot to commence and continue flight with known…

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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