# NTSB CHI85LA318: Beech C33-A, N1CK, Hobart, IN, July 28, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 28, 1985, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Hobart, IN
- Coordinates: 41.529121, -87.259056 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5291&lon=-87.2591&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13166
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA318
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13166/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA318

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - fuel system,tank - buckled (cause)
  - fuel system,line - blocked(total) (cause)
  - fuel system,cap - worn (cause)
  - maintenance,installation - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ENG LOST COMPLETE PWR DURING CRUISE. THE PLT LANDED ON A ROAD AND THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A PILE OF GRAVEL. FUEL WAS FOUND IN BOTH TANKS, HOWEVER, THE BLADDER FUEL TANKS WERE FOUND PARTIALLY COLLAPSED. THE FUEL CAP 'O' RINGS WERE TO BE REPLACED BUT WERE NOT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1CK](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1CK), registered now, S/N CE-30, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C33-A
- Registry model: [Beech 35-C33A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33a) (registry code 1151410) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: CE30
- Airframe hours: 4700
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Nick Wilson
- Registered owner: Nick Wilson
- Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 1985, 50 hours before
- Departed: LDM, LUDINGTON, MI
- Destination: LANSING, IL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 3,250 total, 2,850 in this make and model, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 225° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F

## 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 19850728034139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850728034139A), Jul 28, 1985: Beech 35C33A, Hobart, IN, Substantial damage. Struck gravel pile during rollout on road after forced landing. Bladders were sucked up blocking fuel pickup.

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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