- Date
- March 26, 1983, 16:09 local (21:09 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, OH
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7464NBeech A-36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830326009849A
- Case key
- 12120
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft landed in a field about 1 mile from the approach end of the runway after engine stoppage during final approach. No malfunction of the engine was found during examination. The pilot stated he had flown about 3 hrs and 20 minutes. The hobbs meter totaled 4 and 3 tenths hrs. The fuel selector had been secured prior to acft examination. The left tank contained less than 2 gallons. The right tank had approximately 15 gallons remaining.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7464N
- Reported as
- Beech A-36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E20
- Airframe hours
- 2,246
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wing Leasing, Incorporated
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 11, 1982 · 76 hours before
- Departed
- Bolton, OH
- Airport
- OSU · Ohio State University, runway 9
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,696 total · 141 in this make and model · 1,516 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OSU, 11 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.