- Date
- October 15, 1989, 11:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Friendly, MD
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N186MBeech A65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891015040289A
- Case key
- 11562
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper use of his fuel supply, which resulted in fuel starvation and loss of power in the left engine. A factor related to the accident was the pilot's lack of familiarity with the aircraft.
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
1 engine
Fluid,fuel - starvationCause
Fuel supply - improper use ofCause
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Precautionary landing - performed
Aircraft
- Registration
- N186M
- Reported as
- Beech A65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LC-140
- Engine
- Lycoming IGSO-480-A1B6, 340 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert C. Murphy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 19, 1987
- Departed
- FAY · Fayetteville, NC
- Airport
- W28 · Potomac Airfield, runway 24, 2,480 × 36 ft, asphalt
N186MRegistration cancelled Aug 7, 2013 · Beech 65Airframe modelBeech 65Engine modelLycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,400 total · 25 in this make and model · 45 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DCA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.