- Date
- August 10, 1982, 09:33 local (16:33 UTC)
- Place
- Payson, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N235JBeech E55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820810036359A
- Case key
- 72175
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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 aircraft crashed on the runway after the pilot completed a flight of about four hours. He reported that both engines lost power in the traffic pattern. An investigation revealed there was no fuel remaining. The aircraft had a total usable fuel supply of 136 gallons. The rate of fuel consumption for this flight was estimated to be about 34 gallons per hour. The pilot was taken to a hospital and treated for minor injuries, but produced no identification and paid his bill in cash. No FAA pilot or medical certificate was issued to anyone with the name that he provided. The address that he claimed was nonexistent. The aircraft was reported as stolen, 21 days after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N235J
- Reported as
- Beech E55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TE-770
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- James E. Ellis
- Registered owner
- Dale Langley
- Departed
- Dallas, TX
- Destination
- BNF · Warm Springs Ba, AK
- Airport
- E69 · Payson, runway 24, 4,900 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.