- Date
- November 11, 1988, 19:30 local (Nov 12, 1988, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Corning, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5594DBeech H35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881111050409A
- Case key
- 26296
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The flt originated at hayward, CA, with a stop at san carlos, CA and Corning, CA. The plt's destination was the red bluff arpt (rbl). The plt reported that when he departed hayward both main fuel tanks were full. He flew to san carlos where he picked up three pax and then flew to Corning. The plt stated that he flew for a total of 1.2 hours before landing at Corning. The plt stated that he did not visually check the fuel tanks prior to dearture from Corning. The plttookoff using the right main fuel tank. The engine lost power just after takeoff and the acft crashed. Exam of the fuel tanks disclosed no evidence of fuel in the right main fuel tank. There were about 14 gals found in the left main tank and about 5 gals in the left aux tank. At the time of the exam there was no evidence of fuel leakage of the fuel tanks or in the eng area. If the right main tank is selected, the amount of fuel burned in addition to the fuel used by the fuel injection syst (about 10 gph) will be removed from rght tnk. The excess fuel will be ret to the lft main tank only.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5594D
- Reported as
- Beech H35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-5162
- Airframe hours
- 4,697
- Engine
- Continental O-470-G, 240 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hill, David
- Registered owner
- David Hill
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 5, 1988 · 38 hours before
- Destination
- RBL · Red Bluff, CA
- Airport
- 004 · Corning, runway 34, 2,700 × 50 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
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 730 total · 50 in this make and model · 620 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 150° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RBL, 9 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.