- Date
- August 1, 1982, 13:35 local (17:35 UTC)
- Place
- Greer, SC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1831FBeech C23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820801033679A
- Case key
- 70917
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student pilot had received about three hours in this make and model of aircraft. After about 45 minutes of dual instruction, he was indorsed for solo flight, the instructor deplaned, and the student took off to fly locally. About 25 minutes later, the student returned for touch-and-go landings. He stated that on downwind, he elected to change the fuel selector position. He said that he reached down, depressed the spring clip, and rotated the fuel selector handle to the right. During the go-around after the landing, the engine quit at about 300 ft AGL. Subsequently, the aircraft crashed during a forced landing in an area of scrub pine and oak. Reportedly, the pilot had turned to avoid larger trees during the landing. The fuel selector was found in the "off" position (near the right tank position). About 15 gallons of fuel was remaining in the right fuel tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1831F
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M2335
- Airframe hours
- 405
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Stevens Beechcraft, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Stevens Beechcraft, Inc.
- Departed
- GSP · Greer, SC
- Destination
- GSP · Greer, SC
- Airport
- GSP · Greenville-Spartanburg, runway 3, 7,600 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 3 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 180 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GSP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.