- Date
- December 11, 1984, 16:30 local (Dec 12, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeport, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N430WMBeech G35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841211065639A
- Case key
- 24439
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At aprx 150 ft AGL the acft's lost pwr & plt made a tail first hard landing off side of rwy. Acft skidded 60 ft before stopping when it hit a fence. Fuel selector was found in 'aux' position. Plt said he took off on left tank and was moving selector to rt tank when engine quit. Only 5 1/2 gals of fuel remained in left main tank. No fuel lines were broken. Takeoff is prohibited with less then 10 gals of fuel in each main tank. Engine was successfully run after the accident. Plt was switching tanks without using electric boost pump.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N430WM
- Reported as
- Beech G35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D4613
- Engine
- Continental E225-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Allen Richter, doing business as Clearlake Avionics, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Charles C. Mcgee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 10, 1984 · 3,844 hours before
- Departed
- 102 · Lakeport, CA
- Destination
- 031 · Healdsburg, CA
- Airport
- 102 · Lampson, runway 28, 3,450 × 40 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 260 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UKI, 16 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.