# NTSB DEN84LA304: Beech C24R, N6703W, Bismarck, ND, September 30, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 30, 1984, 13:29 local (18:29 UTC)
- Place: Bismarck, ND
- Coordinates: 46.649005, -97.020942 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6490&lon=-97.0209&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16493
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA304
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16493/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA304

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - fuel consumption calculations - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Gear collapsed, landing
  - landing gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6703W-2013-06-10), registration cancelled 2013-06-10, S/N MC-704, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C24R
- Registry model: [Beech C24R](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c24r) (registry code 1151254) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 SER A&C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (registry code 41511, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: MC 704
- Airframe hours: 1116
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840930052519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840930052519A), Sep 30, 1984: Beech C24R, Bismarck, ND, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel near destination. Hard landing in a open field forced the left main gear up through the wing.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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