- Date
- August 11, 1992, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N377RBBeech A36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920811033039A
- Case key
- 15514
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Probable cause
Fuel starvation for undetermined reasons. Factors related to the accident were in blown fuse which rendered the boost pump inoperative and the rough terrain in which the emergency landing was made.
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
A loss of engine power was experienced while on final approach during the last leg of a cross country flight. The pilot turned on the fuel system electric boost pump and power was momentarily regained. The pilot selected an open field in which to make an emergency landing and during the landing roll on the rough terrain, the nose gear collapsed. Post accident inspection revealed the right fuel tank was empty and the left tank was 1/2 full. The pilot reported flying on the left tank when the power loss occurred. The only discrepancy noted during the inspection was the 50 amp fuse on which the electric boost pump operates was blown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N377RB
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-1924
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dynamation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Dynamation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 1900
- Departed
- FNT · Flint, 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,048 total · 181 in this make and model · 2,048 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARB, 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.