- Date
- April 7, 1993, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Augusta, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N29APBeech A36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930407008069A
- Case key
- 8733
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper fuel management, which resulted in fuel starvation and engine stoppage.
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 private pilot was preparing to land following a 2.7 hour cross country flight. As he reduced power on final, the engine quit. A restart attempt was unsuccessful, and the airplane collided with trees short of the airport. The aircraft caught fire after ground impact but the pilot escaped through a rear cabin window. An examination of the wreckage revealed that the right wing was consumed by the post crash fire, fire damage to the left wing was minimal. The fuel tank selector handle was found in the left tank position. A36 performance data indicates that about half of the available fuel supply would have been consumed during flight. An examination of the engine revealed no evidence of mechanical failure/malfunction. The aircraft had only been flown about 70 hours since new.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29AP
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-2756
- Airframe hours
- 70
- Engine
- Continental IO-550-B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- White River Aero Services, Inc
- Registered owner
- White River Aero Services, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- I14 · Indianapolis, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DNL · Daniel Field, runway 5, 3,900 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,390 total · 800 in this make and model · 1,340 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AGS, 7 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.