- Date
- November 25, 1983, 18:54 local (Nov 26, 1983, 01:54 UTC)
- Place
- Scottsdale, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N200CFBeech BE-35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 24103
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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 acft collided with a sign during a forced landing on a street. There was some damage to the right wing. The plt stated that he thought he had ample fuel for the flt. He also stated that the fueling facility was closed at the arpt at time of his departure. Post accident investigation of the acft showed just a trace of fuel in the right main tank and no fuel in the aux tank. The plt reported a post accident leak in the right tank of '1 quart a minute'.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N200CF
- Reported as
- Beech BE-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-200
- Airframe hours
- 4,648
- Engine
- Continental E-185, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Craig E. Rhoten
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1983
- Departed
- 4OE · Tucson, AZ
- Airport
- SDL · Scottsdale, runway 21, 8,250 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 120 total · 22 in this make and model · 118 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 250° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SDL, 1 nm away