- Date
- May 15, 1991, 15:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Caldwell, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6732CBeech A36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910515016159A
- Case key
- 23259
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to properly position the fuel selector handle resulting in a fuel starvation power loss. A factor was the inadvertent stall.
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 non-ifr rated private pilot, who was traveling on business, routinely engaged the services of a safety pilot. An ifr-rated pilot was retained for the flight. The IFR portion of the flight was cancelled at approximately 4,000 feet in the vicinity of the airport. A witness reported that the airplane appeared to be high and fast on the approach. The landing gear and flaps were observed to be in the down position. Engine power was heard to be reduced, followed by only the sound of a windmilling propeller. The airplane then pitched up, stalled, and departed from controlled flight assuming a right wing low, nose low attitude. Ground impact was made in the same attitude. Post-impact fire consumed the wreckage. The fuel selector was found to be positioned between the off and left tank position at the accident site. Subsequent laboratory examination confirmed this finding. This resulted in the fuel starvation induced loss of power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6732C
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-1645
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Airtech Avionics, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Airtech Avionics, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1990 · 197 hours before
- Departed
- ADS · Addison, TX
- Destination
- 14R · Caldwell, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 26
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,070 total · 1,020 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 75 °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.