# Accident 20040211003169A: Beech J35, Pensacola, FL, February 11, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 2004, 10:15 local time
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6339° N, 87.3681° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6339&lon=-87.3681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8389D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8389D-2017-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech J35 (registry code 1151522, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-j35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH J35
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 506 total, 450 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04FA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040211003169A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FLORIDA, TO NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. PILOT CONTACTED PENSACOLA TRACON INFORMING CONTROL THAT HE HAD A FUEL PROBLEM STATING THAT THE TIP TANKS WOULD NOT TRANSFER FUEL. PILOT ASKED IF PNS HAD FACILITIES TO REFUEL HIS AIRCRAFT AND WAS TOLD THEY DID. AT THIS TIME PNS APPROACH VECTORED PILOT TO PNS FOR ILS APPROACH. PILOT FOLLOWED APPROACH DIRECTIONS BUT UNABLE TO MAINTAIN LOCALIZER AND GLIDESLOPE. PILOT MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO SHOOT THE APPROACH AT PNS, BUT STILL WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN COURSE. DURING THIS ATTEMPTS PILOT STATED SEVERAL TIMES THAT HE WAS LOW ON FUEL AND ALSO STATED HE WAS OUT OF FUEL. ON FINAL ATTEMPT, ALTITUDE WAS TOO HIGH AND WAS TOLD BY CONTROLLER TO EXECUTE MISSED APPROACH. PILOT THEN TURNED AIRCRAFT TO NORTH OF PNS AND ABOUT 14 MILES FROM PNS AIRCRAFT CRASHED.

## 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 ANC04FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04FA021), Feb 12, 2004: Beech J35 (N8389D), Pensacola, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to conduct flight that exceeded his demonstrated skills/ability. Also causal was his failure to properly execute the instrument approach. Contributing factors were low…

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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