- Date
- October 14, 1990, 19:40 local (Oct 15, 1990, 00:40 UTC)
- Place
- Arkadelphia, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N38021Beech 77
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901014044999A
- Case key
- 23284
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Probable cause
Fuel starvation to the engine due to a blocked fuel system vent. Factors contributing to the accident were the pilot's inadequate preflight, and contacting high vegetation and low trees during the landing roll.
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 airplane was being flown to an airport with available fuel when on final approach, a total loss of power occurred. The pilot landed the airplane in a field with high vegetation and low trees. During the landing roll, the airplane was damaged. Post-accident examination of the airplane revealed that an insect's mud nest was obstructing the left fuel tank vent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38021
- Reported as
- Beech 77
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- WA205
- Airframe hours
- 2,163
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Central Flying Service Inc.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 30, 1990 · 74 hours before
- Departed
- M78 · Malvern, AR
- Airport
- M89 · Arkadelphia
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
- 20
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 95 total · 56 in this make and model · 60 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 10 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.