- Date
- November 18, 1990, 15:55 local (22:55 UTC)
- Place
- Brighton, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8263DBeech J-35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901118050949I
- Case key
- 18038
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Probable cause
The failure of the engine fuel feed line resulting in a complete loss of power. Contributing to the incident was improper installation of the fuel feed transducer.
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
After ten minutes of flight while in a climb to cruise, the engine failed totally and an emergency landing was made on rising rough terrain. The pilot was not injured and the aircraft sustained minor damage. Inspection revealed a fuel feed line failure between the fuel feed transducer and fuel manifold. Investigation revealed an improper STC installation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8263D
- Reported as
- Beech J-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5387
- Airframe hours
- 5,316
- Engine
- Continental IO-407C, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kroll, Douglas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 14, 1990 · 1 hours before
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 320 in this make and model · 325 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N8263D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.