- Date
- July 7, 1988, 16:19 local (22:19 UTC)
- Place
- Craig, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6051MBeech A36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880707031849A
- Case key
- 17496
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on final after a 4.6 hr x-cnty flight, the pilot reported that the engine quit. The plt said that the engine probably failed due to fuel exhaustion. Personnel at the wreckage site reported no fuel was found in the fuel tanks. After the engine failed, the plt was unable to reach the airport and selected a grass field to land in. The acft passed through a wire fence and struck a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6051M
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E 1492
- Airframe hours
- 963
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Natural Resources Inc.
- Registered owner
- Natural Resources Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 25, 1988 · 54 hours before
- Departed
- AMA · Amarillo, TX
- Destination
- CAG · Craig, CO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CAG · Craig-Moffat, runway 25, 5,600 × 100 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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,700 total · 951 in this make and model · 44 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6051M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.