# Accident 20130501007289A: Beech A36, Ingalls, IN, May 1, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2013, 08:30 local time
- Place: Ingalls, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9533° N, 85.7867° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9533&lon=-85.7867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1568Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1568Y-2020-04-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 382 total, 232 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA250) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130501007289A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 1, 2013, A BEECHCRAFT A36, N1568Y, EXERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER DURING THE INITIAL DESCENT TO INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AIRPORT (KUMP), AND LANDED IN A FIELD NEAR INGALLS, INDIANA.  DURING THE INVESTIGATION, THE LOSS OF POWER WAS FOUND TO BE CAUSED BY FUEL STARVATION.  FUEL STARVATION WAS CONFIRMED BY DRAINING THE LEFT FUEL TANK AND EXTRACTING ABOUT A QUART OF FUEL, THE UNUSABLE FUEL IS PLACARDED AT THREE GALLONS, WHILE THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS NOTED AT APPROXIMATELY 35 GALLONS.  THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS THEN TESTED AND THERE WERE NO DISCREPANCIES WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM.  THE PRIVATE PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING SPAR AND NOSE GEAR.

## 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 CEN13CA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA250), May 1, 2013: Beech A36 (N1568Y), Ingalls, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper fuel management, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

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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