# Incident 20230306003729I: Hawker Beechcraft Corp G36, Crown City, OH, March 6, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2023, 14:07 local time
- Place: Crown City, OH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5897° N, 82.2973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crown City, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5897&lon=-82.2973&mi=10
- Aircraft: N367PC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N367PC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hawker Beechcraft G36 (registry code 4220009, https://openairdocs.org/model/hawker-beechcraft-g36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-B (registry code 17208, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HAWKER BEECHCRAFT CORP G36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 600 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230306003729I

## Narrative

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

BASED ON INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT ON MARCH 7, 2023, THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED IN THE MORNING FROM HUNTINGTON, WV (HTS) TO MORGANTOWN, WV (MGW) WITH “APPROXIMATELY ¾ TANKS” OF FUEL.  WHILE IN MGW, THE PILOT ELECTED TO TAKE ON AN ADDITIONAL 10 POUNDS OF FUEL IN EACH AUXILIARY, WINGTIP FUEL TANK.  LATER THAT DAY, THE FLIGHT WAS RETURNING TO HUNTINGTON WHEN THE AIRMAN WAS DESCENDING FROM 6,500’ WHEN HE APPLIED POWER IN THE LEVEL OFF AT 4,500’, HE DID NOT GET THE RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE.  HE NOTIFIED HUNTINGTON APPROACH OF THE LOSS OF POWER AND THEY GAVE SOME ALTERNATE AIRPORTS FOR CONSIDERATION.  THE AIRMAN DID NOT THINK HE COULD MAKE ANY OF THOSE AIRPORTS AND ELECTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY OFF-AIRPORT LANDING.

DURING THE INITIAL REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT, THERE WAS NO VISIBLE FUEL REMAINING IN THE MAIN TANKS, WITH THE FUEL INDICATORS READING EMPTY ON THE RIGHT TANK AND JUST ABOVE THE YELLOW RANGE (13 USEABLE GAL.) ON THE LEFT TANK. VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE WINGTIP TANKS SHOWED BETTER THAN ½ FULL WHICH WAS SUPPORTED BY THE AUXILIARY TANK FUEL GAUGES IN THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRMAN’S STATEMENT OF ADDING FUEL IN MGW. AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTORS VISUALLY INSPECTED THE ENGINE; THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF OIL OR OTHER INDICATORS OF ENGINE FAILURE AND CONTINUITY OF THROTTLE, PROPELLER, AND MIXTURE CONTROLS WAS CONFIRMED.  THE NEXT DAY, AN A& P CONFIRMED THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY AND THE LEFT WAS VERY LOW.  AFTER TURNING ON THE BOOST PUMP, THE ENGINE WAS STARTED. AFTER TRANSFERRING THE AUXILIARY TANKS’ FUEL TO THE MAINS, THE ENGINE WAS RUN FOR APPROX. 30 MINUTES AND ABLE TO MAKE 2700 RPM.

BASED ON THESE FACTS, THE OFF-AIRPORT LANDING WAS A RESULT OF THE LOSS OF POWER WHICH STEMMED FROM THE DEPLETION OF THE FUEL SUPPLY TO THE ENGINE.  THE CAUSE OF THE FUEL DEPLETION IS A RESULT OF THE AIRMAN’S MISMANAGEMENT OF THE FUEL SYSTEM BY NEGLECTING TO TRANSFER THE FUEL FROM THE AUXILIARY WINGTIP TANKS TO THE MAIN TANKS AS WELL AS POOR FUEL PLANNING PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH FUEL WAS ON BOARD.

## Other reports on N367PC (1)

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

- [Incident 20210918015919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210918015919I), Sep 18, 2021: Hawker Beechcraft Corp G36 (N367PC), Morgantown, WV, Minor damage. Upon landing at mgw approx. 1030 EST. 9/18/2021. PIC was instructed to park aircraft west of the main ramp where 2 Cirrus aircraft were parked. In order to…

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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