- Date
- August 31, 1988, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Frankfort, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2341JBeech 23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880831054229I
- Case key
- 7645
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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
Engine quit during go-around from simulated engine failure. During completion of emergency procedure the fuel selector position was changed to opposite wing fuel tank. Later exam of the acft revealed that when the fuel selector valve handle indicated right tank, it was actually 'off'. Co-owner had removed and reinstalled selector valve handle while working under the instrument panel. A pin in the valve stem designed to prevent improper positioning of the valve handle had been sheared off, probably when the co-owner attempted to replace the handle. Valve handle had not been removed during recent annual inspection but correct fuel flow had been verified.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2341J
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-290
- Airframe hours
- 1,957
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Four Musketeers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 10, 1988 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- LEX · Lexington, KY
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
- 31
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,661 total · 1 in this make and model · 1,002 as pilot in command · 79 in the last 90 days · 34 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LEX, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.