# NTSB CHI86FEM08: Beech B35, N5152C, Paw Paw, MI, June 1, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: June 1, 1986, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Paw Paw, MI
- Coordinates: 42.210201, -85.889778 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2102&lon=-85.8898&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13301
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86FEM08
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13301/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FEM08

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel system,selector/valve - not switched (cause)
- Forced landing, landing
  - all available runway - not used, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

ON TAKEOFF AT APPROX 100' THE ENGINE BEGAN TO FALTER. THE PILOT DID A 180 DEG TURN AND LANDED ABOUT 1/2 WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. AFTER BOUNCING TWICE AND SEEING THAT HE WOULD PROBABLY RUN OFF THE END, HE PERFORMED A GO-AROUND. AT A POINT NEAR THE END OF THE RUNWAY, ACCORDING TO HIS PASSENGER, THE ENGINE QUIT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN DESCENDED INTO TREES. FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS FOUND ON AN EMPTY TANK AND THE ENGINE RAN NORMALLY ON A TEST STAND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5152C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5152C-2014-10-27), registration cancelled 2014-10-27, S/N D-2437, built 1950 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B35
- Registry model: [Beech B35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b35) (registry code 1151506) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E225 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (registry code 17015, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-2437
- Airframe hours: 3843
- Engines: CONTINENTAL E-225-8 225 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James E. Peters
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 20, 1985, 8 hours before
- Airport: 2C5, Alemna, runway 9, 3,250 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 400 total, 70 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: AZO, 14 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860601020129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860601020129A), Jun 1, 1986: Beech 35BEECH, Paw Paw, MI, Destroyed. Lost power after takeoff. Overshot downwind return to runway, lifted and stalled into trees. Fuel select empty tank

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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