# Incident 20181206023299I: Beech E35, Metter, GA, December 6, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 2018, 12:45 local time
- Place: Metter, GA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3945° N, 82.0624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Metter, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3945&lon=-82.0624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3203C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3203C-2022-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E35 (registry code 1151512, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E225 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 25 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181206023299I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KMHP METTER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AFTER REFELLING. PILOT CLIMBED OUT AT 800' AND CONTINUED TO CLIMB TO 2800' WHERE ENGINE BEGAN COUGHING AND THEN STOPPED. PILOT CLAIMS TO HAVE CHECKED FUEL PRESSURE TO ENSURE IT WAS STILL ON AND PUMPED THE THROTTLE TO NO AVAIL. THE PILOT TURNED BACK TO THE AIRPORT AND KNEW HE WOULD NOT MAKE IT AND LANDED IN A COTTON FIELD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR ANY DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. NO FURTHER INFORMATION COULD BE PRODUCED AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE RECOVERY COMPANY THAT WAS MOVING THE AIRCRAFT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE SPAR DURING DISASSEMBLY. FURTHER DOCUMENTATION ON THE ENGINE STOPPAGE WILL BE ADDRESSED ONCE THE INSURANCE COMPANY DETERMINES IT ACCEPTABLE TO WORK THE AIRCRAFT AGAIN. THE AIRCRAFT IS BEING STORED AT MASSEY RANCH AIRPARK, X50, EDGEWATER, FL.

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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