# Accident 20030410005639A: Beech K35, Richmond, IN, April 10, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2003, 14:15 local time
- Place: Richmond, IN
- Airport: Richmond Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7619° N, 84.8492° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7619&lon=-84.8492&mi=10
- Aircraft: N614Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N614Q-2005-03-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech K35 (registry code 1151524, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-k35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH K35
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,497 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030410005639A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N614Q CRASHED IN A FIELD SHORT OF AIRPORT. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED EVIDENCE OF FUEL DEPLETION. PILOT REPORTED LOSS OF POWER. AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. DURING INTERVIEW, THE PILOT STATED HIS CURRENT ADDRESS IS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 CHI03LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA101), Apr 10, 2003: Beech K35 (N614Q), Richmond, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot misjudged the fuel supply during the aircraft preflight which resulted in fuel exhaustion. A factor associated with the accident was the wires.

## Other reports on N614Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19840520032239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840520032239I), May 20, 1984: Beech K35 (N614Q), Gaithersburg, MD, Minor damage. Landed gear up. Pilot beleived gear warning system was inoperative.

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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