- Date
- October 20, 1982, 16:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Hollister, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N19473Beech F17D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821020054559A
- Case key
- 71052
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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 eng quit immediately after takeoff & the acft landed in an orchard. The fuel selector was found on the empty fuselage tank. The left wing auxillary tank was empty & the right wing auxillary tank was approximately full.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19473
- Reported as
- Beech F17D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 245
- Airframe hours
- 1,711
- Engine
- Jacobs L6MB, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Peter Hawks, DBA Apex Company
- Registered owner
- Peter Hawks, DBA Apex Company
- Departed
- 307 · Hollister, CA
- Destination
- SQL · San Carlos, CA
- Airport
- 307 · Hollister, runway 23, 4,350 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 43
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,304 total · 6 in this make and model · 1,101 as pilot in command · 85 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
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 N19473 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.