# Incident 20010313005209I: Beech 35C33, Madison, WI, March 13, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2001, 18:38 local time
- Place: Madison, WI
- Airport: Dane Co Regional-Truax Field
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1399° N, 89.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANE COUNTY RGNL/TRUAX FLD (MSN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1399&lon=-89.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5816K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5816K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-C33 (registry code 1151408, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35C33
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 990 total, 85 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010313005209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT RECEIVED VECTORS FOR TRAFFIC WHILE ON APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 31 AT MSN AFTER A ONE HOUR FLIGHT. THE PILOT STATED THE FLIGHT WAS MADE WITH THE FUEL SELECTOR IN THE LEFT WING POSITION. ON FINAL APPROACH, AT APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET AGL, THE ENGINE GRADUALLY LOST POWER. THE PILOT IS NOT SURE IF HE SWITCHED THE FUEL SELECTOR TO THE RIGHT TANK MOMENTARILY AND THEN BACK TO THE LEFT TANK AFTER HE LOST POWER. THE PILOT CONTINUED THE APPROACH AND LANDED APPROX. 2600 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY 31 WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INSPECTION OF THE A/C FOUND THE FUEL TANK SELECTOR IN THE LEFT WING POSITION AND THE LEFT WING FUEL TANK EMPTY. THE RIGHT WING FUEL TANK WAS APPROX. HALF FULL. A SUCCESSFUL ENGINE RUN WAS ACCOMPLISHED USING THE FUEL IN THE RIGHT WING TANK.

## Other reports on N5816K (1)

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

- [Incident 19781026028409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781026028409I), Oct 26, 1978: Beech 35C33 (N5816K), Georgetown, SC, Minor damage. Pilot retracted the landing gear during the landing roll.

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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