# Incident 20181120022769I: Beech F33A, Carrollton, GA, November 20, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2018, 12:00 local time
- Place: Carrollton, GA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5818° N, 85.0833° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carrollton, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5818&lon=-85.0833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1842W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1842W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F33A (registry code 1151425, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,023 total, 406 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181120022769I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE DEPARTED FROM RIDGELAND-CLAUDE DEAN AIRPORT (3J1), RIDGELAND, SOUTH CAROLINA WITH AN INTENDED DESTINATION TO MARION AIRPORT (C17), MARION, IOWA IN N1842W, A 1973 BEECH F33A. THE PILOT MADE A DECISION TO TAKE A MORE WESTERN ROUTE THROUGH GEORGIA INSTEAD OF A MORE NORTHWESTERN DIRECT ROUTE TO AVOID POSSIBLE INCLEMENT WEATHER THROUGH THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. THE PILOT RECOUNTED THAT DURING NORMAL CRUISE FLIGHT, NORTHWEST OF CARROLLTON, GEORGIA AT APPROXIMATELY 6500 FEET THE AIRPLANES ENGINE QUIT UNEXPECTEDLY. IMMEDIATELY HE IDENTIFIED THE AIRPLANES LEFT HAND FUEL TANK GAUGE THAT WAS SUPPLYING THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE, WHICH WAS INDICATING 22 GALLONS. HE THEN SWITCHED OVER TO THE RIGHT HAND FUEL TANK THAT INDICATED 37 GALLONS OF FUEL AND TRIED TO RESTART THE AIRPLANE ENGINE BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. LOSING ALTITUDE RAPIDLY, THE PILOT FELT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REACH THE NEARBY AIRPORT, WEST GEORGIA REGIONAL AIRPORT (KCTJ), SO WITH LIMITED OPTIONS, PICKED A STRAIGHT STRETCH OF ROAD (US HIGHWAY 27) TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY LANDING. DURING THE AIRPLANES DESCENT TO LAND, THE PROPELLER STRUCK A UTILITY LINE, WHICH BENT AND MARKED THE PROPELLER AND DEFLECTED THE LINE BUT NOT BEFORE STRIKING THE RIGHT HAND WING CAUSING BLACK RUB MARKS FROM THE IMPACT. WHILE THE AIRPLANE COASTED DOWN THE SOUTH BOUND SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, IT TRAVELED UNDER A SET OF INTERSECTION LIGHTS AND THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO GUIDE THE MAJORITY OF THE AIRPLANE OFF THE HIGHWAY TO THE RIGHT HAND SHOULDER WITHOUT INJURY. WHILE ON SITE, THE LEFT HAND FUEL TANK CAP WAS REMOVED AND NO FUEL COULD BE SEEN. ADDITIONALLY THE PILOT'S MEDICAL DATE OF 7-7-16 HAD EXPIRED PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT AND THE AIRPLANES LAST 91.413 TRANSPONDER INSPECTION, WHICH WAS COMPLETED ON 5-13-15, WAS OVER THE 24 MONTH INTERVAL.

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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