# Accident 20000527043339A: Beech A36, Bedford, MA, May 27, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2000, 16:04 local time
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Airport: Laurence G Hanscom Fld
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4689° N, 71.2694° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4689&lon=-71.2694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66SB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66SB-2002-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,482 total, 487 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD00LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00LA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000527043339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 27, 2000, A BEECHCRAFT A36, N66SB, DEPARTED PHL TO BED IN VMC CONDITIONS. THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT SELECTED THE LEFT MAIN FUEL TANK DURING APPROACH TO BED. APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES AFTER SELECTING THE LEFT MAIN FUEL TANK, ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 29, AT APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET, WITH THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS DOWN, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND STOPPED RUNNING. THE PILOT SELECTED THE RIGHT MAIN FUEL TANK, TURNED ON HIS AUXILIARY FUEL PUMP AND THE ENGINE FAILED TO RESTART PRIOR TO CRASHING INTO THE TREES APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY 29. THE AIRCRAFT ENDED UP PARTIALLY SUBMERGED IN THE SHAWSHEEN RIVER. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE AIRCRAFT AND HE WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF BOTH WINGS, DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING SPAR, AND ENGINE MOUNT AND FIRE WALL STRUCTURE. THE AIRCRAFT ALSO SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO BOTH FLAPS, LOWER WING SKINS, LANDING GEAR DOORS, ENGINE COWLING, AND ONE BLADE ON THE PROPELLER WAS BENT.

## 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 IAD00LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00LA045), May 27, 2000: Beech A-36 (N66SB), Bedford, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper fuel management which resulted in fuel starvation.

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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