# Accident 20130630012509A: Beech C23, Hot Springs, AR, June 30, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2013, 11:45 local time
- Place: Hot Springs, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4586° N, 93.1322° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4586&lon=-93.1322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3KT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3KT-2017-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 167 total, 38 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA381](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA381) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130630012509A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 30, 2013, AT 1245 CDT, A BEECH C23, N3KT, REGISTERED TO SEYMOURS SUNDOWNERS LLC, EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER ON APPROACH TO HOT SPRINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD SOUTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, HOWEVER, NEITHER PILOT ON BOARD WAS INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.

## 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 CEN13LA381](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA381), Jun 30, 2013: Beech C23 (N3KT), Hot Springs, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots’ failure to monitor and manage fuel consumption during cruise flight, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a subsequent forced landing.

## Other reports on N3KT (2)

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

- [Incident 20071129827599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071129827599I), Nov 29, 2007: Beech C23 (N3KT), Torrance, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot reported that after a number of landings (3) while doing "pattern" work they felt the aircraft becoming "soft" on the right side and felt they had…
- [Incident 20040419007139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040419007139I), Apr 19, 2004: Beech C23 (N3KT), La Verne, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Mr. Yee, a student pilot, was on his first solo flight at Brackett (poc) airport. His instructor, [privacy data omitted] was supervising the flight from…

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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