- Date
- August 30, 1986, 16:27 local (20:27 UTC)
- Place
- Akron, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5891CBeech C35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860830043539A
- Case key
- 7173
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that one to two minutes after the fuel selector was changed from the right to left tank, the eng quit. The aux pump was turned on and fuel selector changed back to the right tank. Then to aux tank then back to left tank. The engine would not restart. Inspection revealed the fuel selector was on the left tank which contained 10 gallons of fuel. Zero fuel was found in the right tank and 20 gallons was present in the aux tank. Air restart procedure is to select fullest fuel tank, retard the throttle, mixture rich, and aux pump on until power is regained. The plt had not selected the fullest tank long enough to purge air from the injector servo during the restart attempt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5891C
- Reported as
- Beech C35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-2843
- Airframe hours
- 5,550
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James Norcia
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 29, 1986
- Departed
- 22G · Elyria, OH
- Destination
- Carrollton, OH
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
- Private, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,634 total · 265 in this make and model · 1,567 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.