- Date
- February 27, 1986, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wakefield, VA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1QVBeech BE65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860227003919A
- Case key
- 11222
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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
The acft landed short of the rwy after loss of power on both engines. Contact with a dirt bank sheared the landing gear and the acft slid onto & down the rwy for about 436 ft before stopping. The plt said the fuel gauges were 1/4 on mains and 1/8 on avg tanks. The plt had made 3 short trips before this flt without refueling. During post acc invest no fuel was found in the lines or tanks. Upon addition of fuel both engines ran normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1QV
- Reported as
- Beech BE65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LC-183
- Airframe hours
- 4,710
- Engine
- Lycoming IGSO480A1E6, 340 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Occupacia Corp Mckissick & Co
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 7, 1985 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- W57 · Gloucester, VA
- Destination
- AKQ · Wakefield, VA
- Airport
- AKQ · Wakefield
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,783 total · 100 in this make and model · 9,571 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.