- Date
- April 21, 1987, 16:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Huron, OH
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2370WBeech A23-19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870421010609A
- Case key
- 7413
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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
Soon after takeoff the aircraft experienced a loss of power and made a forced landing 200 feet short of the runway. The pilot reported a loss of fuel pressure. The FAA reported that the fuel aboard the aircraft had the smell and appearance of auto fuel. The pilot could not recall to the FAA the type of fuel or when the last refueling of the aircraft occurred. The engine and fuel pump was examined and no descrepancies were found. The aircraft did not have an STC for operation on auto fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2370W
- Reported as
- Beech A23-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB-8
- Airframe hours
- 2,800
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Leeroy B. Neff
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 16, 1986 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- 88D · Huron, OH
- Airport
- 88D · Hinde-Huron, runway 11, 2,500 × 70 ft, gravel
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 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 912 total · 912 in this make and model · 791 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.