# Accident 20190113000229A: Beech B35, Port Hadlock, WA, January 13, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2019, 14:16 local time
- Place: Port Hadlock, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.0422° N, 122.7747° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0422&lon=-122.7747&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5093C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5093C-2020-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B35 (registry code 1151506, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,712 total, 1,190 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190113000229A

## Narrative

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

UPON CLIMB OUT DOOR OPENED AND PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE DOOR WHEN SUDDENLY THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND PILOT INDUCED CONTROLLED CRASH. PILOT STATEMENT REVEALED AFTER ENGINE FALTERED, HE NOTICED LH WING FUEL GAUGE READ FULL WHICH HE BELIEVED TO BE INCORRECT AND RIGHT WING FUEL GAUGE READ EMPTY.

## 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 WPR19LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA064), Jan 13, 2019: Beech 35 (N5093C), Port Hadlock, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation and the pilot’s mismanagement of the available fuel.

## Other reports on N5093C (1)

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

- [Accident 19940825023279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940825023279A), Aug 25, 1994: Beech B35 (N5093C), Everett, WA, Substantial damage. Nose gear failed to extend. Unable extend it manually. Landed nose gear up retract link rod broke. Jammed trim.

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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