# Accident 20090927018139A: Beech 35C33, Tillamook, OR, September 27, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2009, 11:37 local time
- Place: Tillamook, OR
- Airport: Tillamook
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4203° N, 123.8142° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4203&lon=-123.8142&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90LP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90LP-2015-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-C33 (registry code 1151408, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35C33
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 140 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA467](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA467) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090927018139A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KS45 (SILETZ BAY) FOR KAST (ASTORIA), A FLIGHT 42 MINUTES.  PILOT CALCULATED 10 GALLONS OF FUEL REQUIRED FOR TRIP.  PREFLIGHT OF FUEL QUANTITY AT KS45 REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN 12 GALLONS INDICATIONG LEFT TANK AND 18 GALLONS INDICATING RIGHT TANK.  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED USING RIGHT TANK, AND PILOT SWITCHED TO LEFT ONCE AT ALTITUDE.  24 MINUTES LATER THE LEFT TANK RAN DRY, AND PILOT SWITCHED TO THE RIGHT TANK.  THE PILOT REVERSED COURSE AND DIVERTED TO THE CLOSEST AIRPORT KTMK, (TILLAMOOK), AND 5 MINUTES LATER THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER WHILE ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 13.  PILOT REPORTED INSUFFICIENT FUEL TO COMPLETE THE APPROACH, AND ELECTED TO LAND IN A PASTURE ABOUT 1/3 MILE FROM APPROACH END OF RUNWAY RATHER THAN RISK CRASHING SHORT OF THE RUNWAY INTO HOUSES AND STRUCTURES.  AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMGE FROM LANDING, BUT NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGERS.  OPERATIONAL CHECK OF FUEL GAUGES AFTER ACCIDENT SHOWED LEFT TANK INDICATING EMPTY, AND RIGHT TANK INDICATING 1/3 TANK, WITH BOTH TANKS COMPLETELY EMPTY.

## 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 WPR09CA467](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA467), Sep 27, 2009: Beech 35-C33 (N90LP), Tillamook, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's failure to visually verify that sufficient fuel was on board prior to flight. Contributing to the accident was a…

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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