# Accident 20180512005249A: Beech 35-A33, Jacksonville, AL, May 12, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2018, 20:15 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7981° N, 85.7253° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7981&lon=-85.7253&mi=10
- Aircraft: N486T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N486T-2018-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-A33 (registry code 1151404, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-a33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35-A33
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18FA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18FA146) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180512005249A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 12, 2018, ABOUT 2005 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH 35-A33, N486T, COLLIDED WITH TREES AND TERRAIN DURING A FORCED LANDING AT JACKSONVILLE, ALABAMA. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT HAD MINOR INJURIES, AND ONE PASSENGER WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO THE PILOT AND WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT. NIGHT, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT HARTSELLE-MORGAN COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT (5M0), HARTSELLE, ALABAMA ABOUT 1924 AND WAS DESTINED FOR FALCON FIELD (FFC), PEACHTREE CITY, GEORGIA. AN INSPECTION PERFORMED BY CONTINENTAL FOUND THAT THE FUEL INLET LINE FITTING WAS NOTED TO BE LOOSE AND WAS ABLE TO BE TURNED APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES TO BE TIGHT; THE VAPOR RETURN, FUEL PUMP OUTLET, AND THE MIXTURE RETURN LINE FITTINGS WERE ALL TIGHT. THE VAPOR RETURN FUEL LINE DISPLAYED SIGNIFICANT THERMAL DAMAGE SIGNATURES AND THE HOSE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE FUEL PUMP INLET FUEL LINE DISPLAYED SIGNIFICANT THERMAL DAMAGE AND THE MAJORITY OF THE FUEL LINE HAD BURNED AWAY. THE FUEL PUMP OUTLET AND MIXTURE RETURN FUEL LINE DISPLAYED SIGNIFICANT THERMAL DAMAGE NEAR THE LINE FITTINGS AT THE FUEL PUMP.  THE EXHAUST SYSTEM REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE ENGINE AND DISPLAYED IMPACT DAMAGE SIGNATURES.

THE LEFT SIDE EXHAUST MUFFLER/HEAT EXCHANGER ASSEMBLY DISPLAYED SEVERAL CRACKS IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.

## 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 ERA18FA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18FA146), May 13, 2018: Beech 35A33 (N486T), Jacksonville, AL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot/mechanic's inadequate inspection of the exhaust system, including the left muffler and heat exchanger, which precluded his detection of preexisting cracks and led to a missed opportunity to…

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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