# Incident 20240820020689I: Beech D17S, Longview, TX, August 20, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2024, 09:05 local time
- Place: Longview, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5007° N, 94.7405° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Longview, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5007&lon=-94.7405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67555, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N67555) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D17S (registry code 1150538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d17s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D17S
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 6 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240820020689I

## Narrative

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

PILOTS STATEMENT: WHILE RETURNING TO KGGG ON A DOGLEG BASE TO RUNWAY 13, SWITCHED TANKS FROM THE RIGHT LOWER TO THE MAIN TANK WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR ALL TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS BUT WAS A SECOND LATE AS THE RIGHT LOWER TANK WAS EITHER OUT OF FUEL OR THE FUEL PICKUP WAS UNPORTED DUE TO THE DESCENT ANGLE.

LOOKING AT RUNWAY 13 HE FELT IT WISE TO LAND IN A FIELD THAT WAS JUST OFF THE RIGHT WING.

INSPECTOR ON SCENE DETERMINED THE OFF-AIRPORT LANDING RESULTED IN NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES.

INSPECTED LEFT WING FUEL TANK AND NOTED NEAR FULL FUEL, RIGHT WING TANK NOTED EMPTY.

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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