- Date
- December 6, 1989, 18:55 local (23:55 UTC)
- Place
- Charlotte, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2997SBeech A36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891206049119A
- Case key
- 8188
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Probable cause
The failure of the airplane engine due to fuel exhaustion over terrain unsuitable for the forced landing.
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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel supply - inadequateCause
Forced landing
Terrain condition - none suitableFactor
In flight collision with object
Object - utility pole
Object - tree(s)
Object - fence
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2997S
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-2417
- Airframe hours
- 410
- Engine
- Continental IO-550-B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles J. Burgess
- Registered owner
- Burgess Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 26, 1989 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- OPF · Opa Locka, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 355 total · 181 in this make and model · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 210° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLT, 2 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.