# Incident 20020320006859I: Beech 50, New Richmond, WI, March 20, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2002, 12:50 local time
- Place: New Richmond, WI
- Airport: New Richmond Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1478° N, 92.5392° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW RICHMOND RGNL (RNH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1478&lon=-92.5392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711TK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N711TK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B50 (registry code 1152506, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b50) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-435C&D series (registry code 41521, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-435c-d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 50
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 10 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020320006859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM EAU CLAIRE, WI TO EDEN PRAIRIE, MN VIA NEW RICHMOND, WI. LEFT ENGINE SPUTTERED. PILOT TURNED ON BOOST PUMP AND ENGINE CONTINUED TO SPUTTER. PILOT SWITCHED FUEL TO CROSSFEED FROM RIGHT MAIN TANK. ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN FINE. APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES LATER BOTH ENGINES SPUTTERED AND QUIT. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT ON HWY 65 APPROX. 3 MILES EAST OF NEW RICHMOND, WI. AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWER LINE AND SIGN POST CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. INSPECTION OF FUEL TANKS REVEALED THE LEFT AUX AND MAIN TANKS WERE EMPTY. THE RIGHT MAIN TANK WAS EMPTY AND THE RIGHT AUX TANK HAD APPROX. 8 TO 10 GALLONS. THE PILOT STATED THAT THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT HE HAD NOT SELECTED THE RIGHT AUX TANK. FUEL WAS PUT IN BOTH MAIN TANKS. NO LEAKS WERE NOTED AND BOTH ENGINES STARTED AND RAN NORMALLY.

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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