What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
An aircraft had crashed in a wooden area next to a hunters club in Ormond Beach, Florida. The aircraft was N-410BC, a Beech A36, serial # E-1606, registered to privacy data omitted from privacy data omitted the aircraft had contacted a pile of debris in the middle of a field and then came to rest. The pilot was seriously injured with non-life threatening injuries and was airlifted to halifax hospital in daytona Beach, Florida. The pilot had claimed he had run the engine from the left tank until it ran out of fuel but when he switched to the right fuel tank the engine would not re-start and he was forced to perform an emergency landing. Pilot reported that the right tank was full with 40 gallons.
As the FAA filed it
AN AIRCRAFT HAD CRASHED IN A WOODEN AREA NEXT TO A HUNTERS CLUB IN ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS N-410BC, A BEECH A36, SERIAL # E-1606, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE AIRCRAFT HAD CONTACTED A PILE OF DEBRIS IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIELD AND THEN CAME TO REST.THE PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES AND WAS AIRLIFTED TO HALIFAX HOSPITAL IN DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA. THE PILOT HAD CLAIMED HE HAD RUN THE ENGINE FROM THE LEFT TANK UNTIL IT RAN OUT OF FUEL BUT WHEN HE SWITCHED TO THE RIGHT FUEL TANK THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RE-START AND HE WAS FORCED TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY LANDING. PILOT REPORTED THAT THE RIGHT TANK WAS FULL WITH 40 GALLONS.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.