# Incident 20210203005549I: Beech F35, Pearland, TX, February 3, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 2021, 17:30 local time
- Place: Pearland, TX
- Airport: Pearland Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5213° N, 95.2421° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PEARLAND RGNL (LVJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5213&lon=-95.2421&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5019B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5019B-2023-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F35 (registry code 1151514, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E225 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,183 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210203005549I

## Narrative

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

PERSONAL STATEMENT OF PILOT IN COMMAND:

WE WERE ASKED BY THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO DO LOCAL RETURN TO SERVICE FLIGHTS FOR N5019B BEFORE HE PICKED UP THE PLANE FROM MAINTENANCE AND THEN FLY THE AIRCRAFT TO CALIFORNIA. ON THE EVENING ON 2/3. COMPLETED PREFLIGHT, VERIFIED OIL QUANTITY

RIGHT FUEL AUX FULL, RIGHT MAIN APPROX. 2/3 LEFT MAIN FULL AND LEFT AUX FULL. PER PREFLIGHT CHECK LIST, TANKS SUMPED, FOUND CLEAN. ATIS WEATHER REPORTED VFR, SOUTH WIND 8 KNOTS TEMPERATURE 65. RUNUP AND TAKEOFF CHECK LISTS COMPLETED AND AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS FOUND SAFE FOR FLIGHT. UNEVENTFUL TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 14 AND CLIMB TO 1800 FEET, WEST OF AIRPORT TO REMAIN CLEAR OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND REMAIN WITHIN GLIDING DISTANCE IF PROBLEMS OCCURRED.

AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF FUEL PRESSURE WHILE MANEUVERING APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES WEST OF THE AIRFIELD DESCENDING TO APPROX. 1300 FEET, IN PREPARATION TO GO SOUTH, THEN EAST OF THE FIELD, THEN JOIN THE 45 INBOUND

FOR LANDING 14. LOSING POWER UNEXPECTEDLY, THE AIRCRAFT WAS MANEUVERED TO BEST GLIDE SPEED AND TURNED TOWARD THE FIELD. DURING THIS TIME, THE MANUAL AUXILIARY (WOBBLE) PUMP HANDLE WAS UTILIZED TO RETURN FUEL PRESSURE. THE ENGINE BRIEFLY BURBLED AND A RADIO CALL WAS MADE TO EXPEDITE LANDING 32. WHILE CONTINUING TO WOBBLE THE AUXILIARY PUMP TO

RETURN FUEL PRESSURE, THE ENGINE FAILED TO START. DESCENDING RAPIDLY WEST OF THE FIELD, APPROACHING A LEFT DOWNWIND 32, WITH A WINDMILLING PROPELLER, ANOTHER "LANDING 32" RADIO CALL WAS MADE, CONTINUED PUMPING OF THE AUX PUMP, THE ENGINE

BURBLED AGAIN. THE GEAR WAS LOWERED. AT THE FINAL 50 FEET OF ALTITUDE, THE AIRCRAFT WAS MANEUVERED TO AVOID A LARGE HANGAR NEAR THE SOUTH END OF THE RUNWAY AND A DITCH THAT RUNS PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY. THE MANEUVERING TO AVOID THESE OBSTACLES AND LACK OF POWER RESULTED IN MINIMUM SPEED AND A MORE RAPID DECENT RATE. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A LEVEL, HARD LANDING NEARLY PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 32, 15 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY, ON A SLOPING GRASS EMBANKMENT. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE. NO INJURIES. THE PLANE WAS MOVED TO A SAFE AREA AS SUNSET AND LANDING TRAFFIC

WAS APPROACHING.

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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