# Incident 20000331018459I: Beech V35B, TX, March 31, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2000, 13:16 local time
- Place: TX
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N179R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N179R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 800 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000331018459I

## Narrative

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

(-23)^PRIVACY DA^ WAS ENROUTE, VFR, FROM WEST HOUSTON (IWS) TO FREDRICKSBURG, TEXAS (T82). UPON ARRIVAL AT T82 THERE WAS AN OVERCAST CEILING.  ^PRIVACY DA^ FILED AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN, RECEIVED AN IFR FLEARANCE AND BEGIN AN APPROACH.  AT APPROXIMATELY 4000 FEET THE ENGINE FAILED, ^PRIVACY DA^ WAS UNABLE TO START THE ENGINE.  UPON DESCENT THROUGH THE CLOUDS AT 1500 FEET, ^PRIVACY DA^ SELECTED A FIELD AND MADE AN EMERGENCY OFF AIRPORT LANDING.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AICRAFT.  A SITE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY AND THE RIGHT FUEL TANK HAD APPROXIMATELY 24 GALLONS OF FUEL.  THE LEFT FUEL GAUGE INDICATED ZERO AND THE RIGHT INDICATED A 1/2 TANK.  THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS SELECTED TO THE RIGHT TANK.  AT THE SITE THE ENGINE WAS STARTED AND RAN NORMALLY.

## Other reports on N179R (1)

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

- [Incident 20251002014629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251002014629I), Oct 2, 2025: Beech V35B (N179R), Black River Fal, WI, Minor damage. The pilot flew from klse to kbck to practice power off 180 degree turns. As the pilot made the turn they found they were a little late on the base turn and was…

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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