# Accident 20031014025909A: Beech 35A33, Grandview, MO, October 14, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2003, 15:23 local time
- Place: Grandview, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8467° N, 94.5342° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8467&lon=-94.5342&mi=10
- Aircraft: N471T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N471T-2004-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-A33 (registry code 1151404, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-a33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35A33
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,800 total, 600 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031014025909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED PHILLIP BILLARD AIRPORT, TOPEKA, KS, (TOP), AND WAS ENROUTE TO LEE'S SUMMIT, MO, (LXT). HE HAD SWITCHED TO THE AUXILIARY FUEL SOURCE UPON REACHING CRUISE ALTITUDE, 3500 MSL. WHEN THE FUEL SOURCE HE HAD SELECTED BEGAN TO REACH EMPTY, HE ATTEMPTED TO SWITCH TO A MAIN SOURCE OF FUEL. THE ROLL PIN SECURING THE FUEL SELECTOR HANDLE TO THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE HAD MIGRATED OUT OF THE HANDLE AND SHAFT AND RENDERED THE HANDLE USELESS, AS IT WOULD NO LONGER MOVE THE SELECTOR VALVE SHAFT. THE PILOT REQUESTED AND RECEIVED VECTORS FROM ATC TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT, WHICH WAS THE CLOSED RICHARDS-GEBAUR AIRPORT, (GVW), BUT STILL USEABLE IN AN EMERGENCY. THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL IN THE SELECTED TANK BEFORE IT COULD REACH A SUITABLE RUNWAY SO THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES NORTH OF GVW. ON CONTACT WITH THE GROUND, THE NOSE GEAR AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT SLID SEVERAL YARDS ON THE GROUND AND IMPACTED A 1500 POUND ROUND HAY BALE WITH THE LEFT WING. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 CHI04LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA009), Oct 14, 2003: Beech A33 (N471T), Grandview, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: Separation of the fuel selector handle which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the subsequent loss of engine power. A factor was the hay bale that the airplane contacted during the forced landing.

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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