# Incident 20221227020149I: Beech 35-C33, Las Cruces, NM, December 27, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2022, 14:25 local time
- Place: Las Cruces, NM
- Airport: Las Cruces International Airpo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2894° N, 106.9220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAS CRUCES INTL (LRU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2894&lon=-106.9220&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5494U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5494U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-C33 (registry code 1151408, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35-C33
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,975 total, 2,483 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221227020149I

## Narrative

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

ON 12/27/2022, AT APPROXIMATELY 14:18 MST, A BEECH BONANZA-^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS INVOLVED IN AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. AFTER THE ENGINE FAILED, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE VIA FUEL ON THE OPPOSITE TANK BUT WAS NOT SUCCESFUL.

THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE ON A VFR PRACTICE RNAV/GPS APPROACH TO RWY 12 AT THE LAS CRUCES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KLRU). THE PURPOSE OF THE LOCAL VFR FLIGHT WAS TO PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APPROACHES. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING, THE PROP AND NOSE COWL AREA. ONE PERSON ONBOARD-THE (PRIVATE) PILOT, HAD NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE LAS CRUCES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KLRU) AT APPROXIMATELY 1318 MST (LOCAL).

## Other reports on N5494U (1)

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

- [Accident 19790504008919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790504008919A), May 4, 1979: Beech 35C33 (N5494U), Lordsburg, NM, Substantial damage. Engine failed after takeoff. Found fuel pressure line to the fuel control assembly had come loose.

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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