- Date
- January 18, 1989, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Broomfield, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1721WBeech V35B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890118000839A
- Case key
- 17663
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Probable cause
Fuel starvation due to improper fuel tank selectior operation by the pilot. A factor related to the accident was: unprepared (rough/uneven) terrain short of the runway.
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 CFI rated plt was performing a sales-demonstration flight with two pax. The left seat pax was flying. The control tower had cleared the flight to land on rwy 29R, a 7,498 x 100 ft asphalt rwy, with winds reported as 190 degrees at 6 knots. The CFI said that just prior to turning base, the engine stopped. The CFI took the controls and attempted a restart, to no avail. The CFI first retracted the landing gear, to clear obstacles, then extended the landing gear to absorb landing impact. The acft touched down 600 feet short of the runway. The landing gear collapsed during roll out and the acft came to rest 400 feet from the approach end of rwy 29R. Post acdnt investigation revealed that the fuel selector was on the rgt fuel tank and the rgt tank was empty. No fuel was found in the fuel lines or fuel pump. Both pax said the fuel press dropped to zero when the eng quit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1721W
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D9401
- Airframe hours
- 2,670
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Denver Air Center
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 4, 1988
- Departed
- BJC
- Destination
- BJC
- Airport
- BJC · Jeffco, runway 29R, 7,498 × 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
- 39
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,241 total · 26 in this make and model · 2,081 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °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.