- Date
- June 25, 1989, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Evanston, WY
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N24607Beech A24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890625017359A
- Case key
- 17729
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Probable cause
The pilot became disoriented and delayed in taking remedial action, which resulted on a critically low fuel level. A factor related to the accident was: rough/uneven terrain in the emergency landing area.
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 pilot and four pax (his family) were on a x-country flight. The pilot said he became disoriented while navigating by loran and flew until the plane was low on fuel. Subsequently, he made an emergency landing beside a highway. During the landing roll, the right main gear collapsed and the acft was damaged. A post accident investigation revealed there was no fuel in either tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24607
- Reported as
- Beech A24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC-143
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Classic Wings, Inc.
- Departed
- PNE · Everett, WA
- Destination
- BMC · Brigham City, UT
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 191 total · 85 in this make and model · 135 as pilot in command · 53 in the last 90 days · 32 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.