# Accident 20030831037629A: Beech F35, Kingsport, TN, August 31, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2003, 16:56 local time
- Place: Kingsport, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4750° N, 82.4072° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4750&lon=-82.4072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4289B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4289B-2004-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F35 (registry code 1151514, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F35
- Reported engine: CONT E2258
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 7,094 total, 2 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03FA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03FA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030831037629A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE DOING TRAFFIC PATTERN WORK AT TRI, AIRCRAFT MADE 3 TAKEOFFS AND ONE LOW APPROACH TO RUNWAY 23. ACTIVE RUNWAY CHANGED TO 05 AND AT 1655:28 PILOT CALLED LEFT DOWNWIND FOR 05, FULL STOP. AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON FINAL. BOTH FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WERE FATALLY INJURED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED AIRCRAFT IMPACTED INTO THE GROUND NOSE FIRST, WING LEADING EDGES INTO THE GROUND AND WINGS PREDOMINANTLY VERTICAL. THE V-TAIL WAS FOLDED HORIZONTALLY TO THE RIGHT FROM THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT. THE LEFT SEAT, INSTRUCTOR PILOT WAS EJECTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT LAYING FACE DOWN IN HIS SEAT SEVERAL FEET TO THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE WRECKAGE AND THE LEFT SEAT STUDENT PILOT WAS PINNED HORIZONTALLY BETWEEN THE REMAINS OF THE COCKPIT AND THE IMPACTED FUSELAGE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED GRASS BURNED BY AVGAS EXTENDED FROM THE RUPTURED TANK OF THE RIGHT WING AND NO GRASS BURNING ON THE LEFT WING INDICATING THE LEFT TANK HAD BEEN RUN DRY. WITNESS WHO OBSERVED CRASH STATED THE ENGINE WAS SPUTTERING AND FINALLY QUIT. FUEL SELECTOR VALVE WAS LOCATED ON THE LEFT SIDE WHERE ONLY THE INSTRUCTOR COULD HAVE SWITCHED TO THE RIGHT TANK. AIRCRAFT WENT INTO AN APPARENT STALL SPIN AFTER ENGINE LOSS AND IMPACTED AS PREVIOUSLY DETAILED.

## 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 ATL03FA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03FA134), Aug 31, 2003: Beech BE-35 (N4289B), Kingsport, TN, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The certified flight instructor's mismanagement of the fuel, resulting in a loss of engine power and his failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in a stall.

## Other reports on N4289B (1)

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

- [Incident 19781216025369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781216025369I), Dec 16, 1978: Beech F35 (N4289B), Morristown, NJ, Minor damage. Landing gear selector inadvertently left in up position. Gear collapsed on takeoff. Gear warning horn inop.

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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