- Date
- April 12, 1987, 17:30 local (Apr 13, 1987, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Vacaville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N271FBeech C35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870412053279A
- Case key
- 25563
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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 plt stated he had flown the acft the day prior to the accident on the left fuel tank only. No fuel had been added on the day of the accident and the plt stated that the left tank was three quarters full and the right tank was full. The plt positioned the fuel selector to the right fuel tank and just after takeoff while climbing through 200 ft, the engine quit. The acft collided with the terrain. A fuel line was broken on impact and the exact amount of fuel on board is unknown. The cause of the engine failure was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N271F
- Reported as
- Beech C35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-3040
- Airframe hours
- 4,586
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles A. Harris
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · September 27, 1986
- Departed
- 045 · Vacaville, CA
- Airport
- 045 · Vacaville, runway 1, 3,800 × 75 ft, dirt
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 937 total · 206 in this make and model · 700 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SUU, 6 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.