# NTSB BFO86FID02: Beech BE65, N1QV, Wakefield, VA, February 27, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: February 27, 1986, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Wakefield, VA
- Coordinates: 36.959743, -76.979522 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9597&lon=-76.9795&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11222
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO86FID02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11222/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO86FID02

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - propeller feathering - not performed, pilot in command
- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear attachment - overload (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1QV-2013-04-10), registration cancelled 2013-04-10, S/N LC-183, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech BE65
- Registry model: [Beech 65](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65) (registry code 1152802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-gso-igso-480-series) (registry code 41529, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: LC-183
- Airframe hours: 4710
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860227003919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860227003919A), Feb 27, 1986: Beech 65, Wakefield, VA, Substantial damage. Right followed by left engines cut out then quit. Landed short of runway. Propellers not feathered.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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