- Date
- January 17, 1986, 19:30 local (Jan 18, 1986, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hastings, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6900QBeech A23A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860117001289A
- Case key
- 13412
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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.
Analysis
The pilot estimated he had 13 gallons of fuel on board for the estimated fifty minute flight. He estimated his fuel burn at nine gallons per hour giving him an hour and twenty five minute fuel endurance. He ran out of fuel an hour and twenty five minutes after engine start after overflying suitable intermediate airports to land and refuel. The pilot recommended that he 'curb his urge to rush, factor in wind speed, carry a 45 minute reserve. Follow instincts to land when in doubt about continuing, and reread applicable FARS.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6900Q
- Reported as
- Beech A23A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M1068
- Airframe hours
- 2,166
- Engine
- Continental IO-346A, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roy A. Martin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 6, 1986
- Departed
- PTK · Pontiac, MI
- Destination
- 9D9 · Hastings, MI
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 796 total · 655 in this make and model · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GRR, 18 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.