- Date
- July 24, 1987, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Richwood, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N470MCBeech 35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870724075719A
- Case key
- 22411
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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 acft impacted a tree after a forced landing to a field near Richwood, Texas. The pilot stated that he was on final approach to the airport when the engine quit due to fuel starvation. The fuel selector was on the right tank at the time of the accident. The left tank contained approximately 12 gallons of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N470MC
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D580
- Airframe hours
- 6,223
- Engine
- Continental E-225, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert H. Roy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TK1 · Mckinney, TX
- Destination
- 93XS · Richwood, TX
- Airport
- 93XS · Scherdin, runway 19, 2,600 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 781 total · 106 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOU, 40 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.