- Date
- April 19, 1987, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Baldwin, MI
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4961CNavion A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870419010249A
- Case key
- 13565
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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
After beginning a level off at aprx 6000 ft, the acft engine stopped. During the forced landing the acft crashed in a heavily wooded area aprx 1/2 mile west of the arpt. An examination of the wreckage revealed that both wing tanks were empty and the auxilliary tank contained one gallon of fuel. The fuel selector was positioned for the auxilliary tank, however, the plt stated he selected this tank in an attempt to restart the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4961C
- Reported as
- Navion A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NA41161
- Airframe hours
- 2,124
- Engine
- Continental E-185-9, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard A. Hatfield
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 15, 1987 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- 7D3 · Baldwin, MI
- Destination
- MKG · Muskegon, MI
- Airport
- 7D3 · Baldwin Municipal, runway 27, 3,800 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,086 total · 6 in this make and model · 1,116 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 11° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GRR, 60 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.
Other investigations on N4961C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.