- Date
- October 17, 1983, 12:08 local (16:08 UTC)
- Place
- Greensboro, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N38234Beech A36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831017054719A
- Case key
- 6372
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 lost power during the climb to cruise. The plt made a forced landing and collided with trees. The fuel selectorwas on the empty left tank. The right tank contained 20 gallons of fuel. The plt did not check the fuel selector prior to takeoff and did not refuel the acft. The last record of fueling was on 9/20/83. There was no record of flts or flt time since that date. After the power loss the plt recalled turning on the booster pump but does not recall changing thefuel selector. After the accident there was no fuel in the fuel lines being used. The engine was successfully run after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38234
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-1779
- Airframe hours
- 748
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- The American Dryco Co., Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 30, 1983 · 59 hours before
- Departed
- GSO · Greensboro, NC
- Destination
- W27 · Smithfield, NC
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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,220 total · 750 in this make and model · 842 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.