- Date
- February 10, 1990, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ocean Island Be, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4723MBeech A 36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900210002029A
- Case key
- 8207
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power due to fuel starvation and the pilot in commands failure to turn on the electric boost pump during attempted engine restart resulting in a 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.
Analysis
The pilot had returned from a 3.5 hour cross country flight the previous week. This flight was to fuel the airplane at a nearby airport. After takeoff the pilot saw a rain shower at the destination & returned to his departure airport. On base leg the engine quit. The fuel selector was changed from the right tank to the left but, the auxiliary fuel pump was left off. A forced landing ensued on a sand dune. Examination of the airplane revealed 1/2 gal of fuel in the right tank & eight plus gals in the left tank. A wx brief was not obtained. Flight manual list auxiliary fuel pump-on in engine failure emergency procedure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4723M
- Reported as
- Beech A 36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-1254
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sun Bird Investment, Inc
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- 60J
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 450 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.