- Date
- May 6, 1983, 17:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Fitzgerald, GA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9526RBeech K35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830506048479A
- Case key
- 6060
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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 acft made a forced landing in an open field off the airport after the engine quit at about 300 ft AGL during a go- around. The pilot who was being checked out in this acft by an instructor was trained in a C-172 which has differences in the fuel system. These peculiarities were discussed by CFI and the private pilot being instructed. During an approachfor one of the landings the CFI told the pilot to go-around. At about 300 ft the engine quit. The pilot said he switchedthe fuel selector to another tank. During the landing made by the CFI the nose gear dug in and separated. The investigation showed both main tanks full and the auxilliary tanks nearly empty. A decal warns against using the auxilliary tanks in other than level flt. The 'both' position of the fuel selector in the Cessna 172 corresponds to the auxilliary position in this acft. The engine of the accident acft was started on the first attempt with the selector on left main tank position. All systems checked normal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9526R
- Reported as
- Beech K35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-6157
- Airframe hours
- 3,667
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-C, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Life Ministry Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1983 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- FZG · Fitzgerald, GA
- Airport
- FZG · Fitzgerald Muni., runway 19, 5,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.