- Date
- January 7, 1983, 18:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Canadian, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8849ABeech B35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 20786
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Analysis
The acft collided with a tree during rollout after a forced landing following engine power loss on final approach. The pilot said he was one and a half miles out on final at 200 ft AGL when the engine quit. He was operating on the right main fuel tank. He switched to left tank and worked the wobble pump. The engine started but quit again. He switched backto the right tank and again operated the wobble pump. The engine would not restart. A forced landing followed. Post accident examination by the owner showed the left main fuel tank was half full, the right main was empty and the right tip tank had about 12 gallons in it. During post accident operation the wobble pump failed to produce pressure on the first attempt. On the 2nd try it produced normal pressure and the engine operated normally. Also both electric fuel transfer pumps operated normally.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8849A
- Reported as
- Beech B35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-2504
- Engine
- Continental E-185-8, 195 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John M. Rollins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1982
- Departed
- ELP · El Paso, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 1ES · Hemphill Co., runway 4, 4,100 × 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 898 total · 69 in this make and model · 739 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
Other investigations on N8849A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.