# Accident 20050530008859A: Beech A36, Tacoma, WA, May 30, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2005, 20:20 local time
- Place: Tacoma, WA
- Airport: Tacoma Naarrows Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.2669° N, 122.5772° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2669&lon=-122.5772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9017V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9017V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA110) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050530008859A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO THE TACOMA NARROWS AIRPORT HIS ENGINE QUIT AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET. THE PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD NORTH OF THE RUNWAY, APPROXIMATELY 1500 YARDS SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL FORK BROKE ON LANDING AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING HIS PREFLIGHT INSPECTION THAT HE HAD FUEL UP TO THE TAB SLOT IN THE RIGHT TANK (27 GALLONS) AND THE LEFT FUEL TANK HAD NO VISUAL INDICATION OF FUEL, BUT THE LEFT FUEL INDICATOR INDICATED APPROXIMATELY 1/2 FULL. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ONLY GOING UP FOR ABOUT 1/2 HOUR AND DETERMINED HE HAD PLENTY OF FUEL ON BOARD FOR THE INTENDED FLIGHT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TOOK OFF FROM THE AIRPORT ON THE RIGHT TANK, AS IT WAS THE FULLEST TANK, AND THINKS HE MAY HAVE SWITCHED TO THE LEFT TANK DURING HIS SHORT FLIGHT. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER THE ENGINE QUIT HE THINKS HE SWITCHED TO THE RIGHT TANK TO TRY A RESTART. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE FUEL SELECTOR IN THE RIGHT POSITION. BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT FUEL TANKS AND THE FUEL STRAINER HAD FUEL PRESENT.

## 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 SEA05LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA110), May 31, 2005: Beech A-36 (N9017V), Tacoma, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The malfunction of the fuel injection control system, for undetermined reasons, while the aircraft was on base leg for a full-stop landing. Factors include soft terrain in the area where the pilot…

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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