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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C24R · Pendleton, OR · September 8, 2022

Date: September 8, 2022 · 09:58 local
Place: Pendleton, OR
Airport: Eastern Oregon Regional At Pendlet
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6634X
Reported as: Beech C24R
Reported engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 1
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,229 total1,108 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

N6634XRegistered now · Beech C24RS/N MC-685 · Built 1979 Airframe modelBeech C24R Engine modelLycoming I0360 SER A&CReciprocating

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What happened

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Aircraft departed krdd with approximately 40 gallons of fuel at approximately maximum gross weight for kpdt. Using the tab in fuel tank filler neck to determine the amount of fuel on board. Pilot switched tanks several times to maintain a balanced fuel load. At approximately 10 miles south of the PDT airport at 3500 feet the engine quit running. The pilot tried to restart it with no real results. Pilot made an emegency gear up landing in a emtpy field. After landing pilot looked in each fuel tank and could not see or hear and residual fuel.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KRDD WITH APPROXIMATELY 40 GALLONS OF FUEL AT APPROXIMATELY MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT FOR KPDT. USING THE TAB IN FUEL TANK FILLER NECK TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF FUEL ON BOARD. PILOT SWITCHED TANKS SEVERAL TIMES TO MAINTAIN A BALANCED FUEL LOAD. AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES SOUTH OF THE PDT AIRPORT AT 3500 FEET THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING. THE PILOT TRIED TO RESTART IT WITH NO REAL RESULTS. PILOT MADE AN EMEGENCY GEAR UP LANDING IN A EMTPY FIELD. AFTER LANDING PILOT LOOKED IN EACH FUEL TANK AND COULD NOT SEE OR HEAR AND RESIDUAL FUEL.