- Date
- August 27, 1988, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Alma, MI
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9673RBeech B-95
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880827035649A
- Case key
- 14155
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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
During approach to landing the pilot entered a steep (45 degree bank) left turn from base to final. The pilot stated that he did not realize it at the time, but this action unported the fuel line to the left engine, causing the engine to fail due to fuel starvation. When the pilot decided that he was too low on final approach, he elected to go-around and added power. At this time he became aware of the failure of the left engine, and retarded the throttles for an emergency landing short of the runway. The pilot was unable to control the aircraft and dragged the left wing tip and left main landing gear across the ground before coming to an abrupt stop. The aircraft flight manual warned against steep bank turns/slips/landings/takeoffs when the fuel tanks contain 17 gallons or less per tank. The pilot stated that he believed the aircraft fuel tanks contained 17-18 gallons each at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9673R
- Reported as
- Beech B-95
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TD-333
- Airframe hours
- 4,017
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lehnerd, Alvin P.
- Registered owner
- Lehnerd, Alvin P
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 7, 1988 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- GRR · Grand Rapids, MI
- Airport
- AMN · Alma Gratiot Community, runway 27, 5,000 × 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 334 total · 225 in this make and model · 263 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MBS, 30 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.