- Date
- October 22, 1987, 11:07 local (18:07 UTC)
- Place
- Chino, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N423TBeech 35-A33
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871022060309A
- Case key
- 25889
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 pilot and passenger both stated that the engine lost all power during the final approach for landing. The passenger switched the fuel tank selector from the left to the right tank. There was not time to attempt a restart. He then raised the landing gear so that the aircraft would glide farther. They were unable to make it to the runway and force landed in a field. An examination of the wreckage revealed that there was no fuel in the left fuel tank. There were no reported mechanical problems prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N423T
- Reported as
- Beech 35-A33
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CD284
- Airframe hours
- 3,978
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-J, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Grey Eagle Aviation
- Registered owner
- Glen R Messinger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CNO
- Destination
- CNO
- Airport
- CNO · Chino
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,295 total · 1,295 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.