# Accident 20160830021549A: Beech V35B, Sioux Falls, SD, August 30, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2016, 08:59 local time
- Place: Sioux Falls, SD
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5944° N, 96.7328° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5944&lon=-96.7328&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23583, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N23583) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 163 total, 100 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16CA364](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16CA364) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160830021549A

## Narrative

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

PIC WAS GETTING INSTRUMENT INSTRUCTION AND WAS COMPLETING AN ASR APPROACH AND WHEN THE POWER WAS BROUGHT IN TO LEVEL OFF AT THE DH THE AIRCRAFT STARTED RUNNING ROUGH.  THE IP TOOK THE CONTROLS AND STATED TO THE PIC TO CHANGE TANKS AND THE ENGINE QUIT.  PIC ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE AIRCRAFT.   THE IP TRIED TO MAKE IT TO THE AIRPORT OR THE ROAD BUT HE STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE EITHER SO THEY OPT FOR THE CORN FIELD.  AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN BY TRUCK TO THE LOCAL FBO AND INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT TANK WHICH THEY WERE ON WAS ALMOST EMPTY AND THE OTHER TANK WAS HALF FULL.  IT IS BELEIVED THAT THE PIC WHEN SWITCHING TANKS TURNED IT TO OFF INSTEAD OF THE LEFT TANK.

TALKING TO THE PIC HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT POP THE CAP ON THE TANKS AND VISUALLY CHECK BUT INSTEAD USED THE FUEL GAUGES TO ESTIMATE HIS FUEL IN THE  TANKS.  THIS IS THE PIC'S FIRST ACCIDENT AND HAD NO PRIOR ENFORCEMENTS OR INCIDENTS.  THEREFORE I WILL SEND THIS ACCIDENT TO THE FAASTEAM FOR REMEDIAL TRAINING.

## 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 CEN16CA364](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16CA364), Aug 30, 2016: Beech V35B (N23583), Sioux Falls, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to adequately manage the available fuel supply, resulting in fuel starvation and a total loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was the inadequate preflight by the…

## Other reports on N23583 (1)

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

- [Accident 19780919031479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780919031479A), Sep 19, 1978: Beech V35B (N23583), Dekalb, IL, Substantial damage

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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