# NTSB FTW84LA191: Beech B35, N8843A, Nocona, TX, April 5, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 5, 1984, 08:48 local (14:48 UTC)
- Place: Nocona, TX
- Coordinates: 33.780101, -97.730484 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7801&lon=-97.7305&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21302
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA191
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21302/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA191

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - fluid,fuel - water (cause)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, landing
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS FLYING THE ACFT AFTER IT HAD BEEN PARKED FOR ABOUT 8 MONTHS. THE ENG HAD BEEN CUTTING OUT DUE TO WATER IN THE TANKS, BUT HE THOUGHT THAT PROBLEM HAD BEEN CORRECTED. WHILE ON FINAL APCH TO LAND, THE ENG BEGAN MISSING & LOST POWER. THE PLT TURNED ON THE BOOST PUMP, BUT THIS HAD NO EFFECT. DURING A FORCED LANDING, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES SHORT OF THE RWY. THE PLT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO DOUBT THAT THE ENG LOST POWER DUE TO WATER IN THE FUEL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8843A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B35
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-2498
- Airframe hours: 1997
- Engines: CONTINENTAL E-185-8 196 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Aviation Industries Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 16, 1984, 1 hours before
- Departed: F70, FORT WORTH, TX

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; seat: left; flight hours: 31,500 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 27,400 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °F
- Observed at: SPS, 50 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840405008659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840405008659A), Apr 5, 1984: Beech B35, Nacona, TX, Substantial damage. Engine quit as aircraft turned on final approach for landing, crashed into trees short of runway.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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