- Date
- September 30, 1984, 13:29 local (18:29 UTC)
- Place
- Bismarck, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6703WBeech C24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840930052519A
- Case key
- 16493
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Analysis
Plt calculated the flt to be 4 hours 33 minutes long and there were 5.2 hrs of fuel on board. Plt stated, en route he was requested to climb from 6,000 ft to 8,000 ft then to 9,000 which was performed at 'full power, fuel full burn.' Stronger headwinds were encountered at the higher alt. A forced landing was performed 2.5 miles south of the arpt. Leaning technique, if any, used en route is not known. Plt stated, 'the principal reason for the forced landing due to fuel exhaustion was the plt's miscalculation of fuel consumption.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6703W
- Reported as
- Beech C24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC 704
- Airframe hours
- 1,116
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Brown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 15, 1984 · 122 hours before
- Departed
- KCK · Kansas City, KS
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BIS · Bismarck
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 61 in this make and model · 172 as pilot in command · 83 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BIS, 2 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.