- Date
- October 14, 1992, 19:48 local (Oct 15, 1992, 00:48 UTC)
- Place
- Laguna, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3328CBeech V35E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921014045279A
- Case key
- 18599
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to select the proper fuel tank and resultant fuel starvation power loss. A factor was the unsuitable terrain.
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
During a cross country flight, with a full fuel capacity, the pilot failed to select the correct tank and the engine lost power due to fuel starvation. Unsuitable terrain was encountered during the forced landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3328C
- Reported as
- Beech V35E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-3994
- Airframe hours
- 3,400
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fair, Fred
- Registered owner
- Fair, Fred
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 6, 1992 · 200 hours before
- Departed
- E69 · Payson, AZ
- Destination
- ABQ · Albuquerque, NM
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
- 46
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,540 total · 103 in this make and model · 4,295 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 17,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3328C · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.