# Accident 20030704012939A: Beech A36TC, Wenatchee, WA, July 4, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2003, 13:22 local time
- Place: Wenatchee, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4533° N, 120.2731° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4533&lon=-120.2731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N279WP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N279WP-2013-06-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36TC (registry code 1151603, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36TC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA03FA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03FA124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030704012939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 4, 2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 1332 HRS. LOCAL TIME, N279WP A BEECHCRAFT A-36 POWERED BY AN ALLISON TURBO PROP CRASHED INTO A RAVINE 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON AIRPORT. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND WHO OCCUPIED THE RIGHT SEAT WAS FATALLY INJURED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. THE FRONT LEFT SEAT PASSENGER WAS HOSPITALIZED IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RELEASED. THE REAR SEAT PASSENGER ONLY MINOR INJURIES. THE BACK SEAT PASSENGER, A STUDENT PILOT STATED HIS BROTHER WHO OCCUPIED THE FRONT LEFT SEAT WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. NOTE: THE PIC'S FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE EXPIRED ON NOVEMBER 30, 1978. THE PIC TOOK OVER THE "THROW OVER YOKE" TO ATTEMPT AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE PIC LANDED IN A WHEAT FIELD AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE IT CRASHED INTO A STEEP RAVINE AT THE END OF THE FIELD. A POST-ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND INTERVIEWS INDICATE THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD RAN OUT OF FUEL.

## 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 SEA03FA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03FA124), Jul 4, 2003: Beech A36TC (N279WP), East Wenatchee, WA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Loss of engine power due to fuel starvation that resulted from the right wing tank reaching an unusable fuel level. Also causal was an unapproved alteration of the aircraft’s fuel system.…

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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