- Date
- June 17, 1990, 19:30 local (Jun 18, 1990, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Oshkosh, WI
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N123ATBeech K-35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900617020549A
- Case key
- 14693
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Probable cause
Fuel mismanagement.
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 was en route at 4,000 feet MSL on cross country flight when he experienced total loss of power. The pilot stated that he switched tanks but could not restart the engine. He made a planned approach for a forced landing at an airport. The pilot lowered the landing gear prematurely on final approach, then raised it when he saw he was going to land short of runway. A gear-up landing was made on residential street adjacent to the airport. The aircraft slid into a tree after landing. The investigation revealed no fuel in the engine fuel system. The left main tank, which the pilot was using, and both tip tanks, were empty. The right main tank and both auxiliary tanks were full.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N123AT
- Reported as
- Beech K-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-5947
- Airframe hours
- 3,920
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-C1, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- H.O.B. Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1989 · 65 hours before
- Departed
- ENW · Kenosha, WI
- Destination
- D25 · Manitowish, WI
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 329 total · 57 in this make and model · 264 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OSH, 1 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.