# Incident 20100812042139I: Beech A35, Wikieup, AZ, August 12, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2010, 14:50 local time
- Place: Wikieup, AZ
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6930° N, 113.5995° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wikieup, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6930&lon=-113.5995&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8405A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8405A-2022-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A35 (registry code 1151504, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 2 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100812042139I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED ON HIGHWAY 93 NEAR WIKIEUP, AZ.  PILOT STATED HE MISMANAGED HIS FUEL AND RAN THE TANK DRY.  HE WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CHANGE TANKS.

## Other reports on N8405A (2)

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

- [Incident 19910601028459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910601028459I), Jun 1, 1991: Beech A35 (N8405A), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing rollout. Minor damage to propeller and nose cowling.
- [Incident 19880327017629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880327017629I), Mar 27, 1988: Beech A35 (N8405A), Needles, CA, Minor damage. Engine quit on final approach. Forced landing on highway. Found a broken propeller spinner.

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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