- Date
- May 25, 1991, 12:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chinle, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N593BBeech J35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910525017289A
- Case key
- 27214
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Probable cause
Fuel starvation due to fuel mismanagement by the pilot in command.
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 ranch caretaker said the aircraft arrived over the ranch and made two low passes in order to attract his attention to their arrival so that he could meet the aircraft. At the end of the second low pass, the engine quit and the aircraft hit the ground in an open field. The aircraft was examined by FAA inspectors who reported that the landing gear and flaps were up. Both magnetos produced sparks with hand rotation. The fuel selector was found in the right main tank position. About 2 gallons of fuel was found in the right main fuel tank. The fuel flow divider and the associated fuel lines did not contain any fuel. The inspection of the aircraft did not reveal any other evidence of a mechanical malfunction or failure of the engine. The left main fuel tank was found to contain fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N593B
- Reported as
- Beech J35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D5398
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-C, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carrot & Gibbs, Ltd.
- Registered owner
- Carrot & Gibbs, Ltd.
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- SAF · Santa Fe, NM
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 405 total · 300 in this make and model · 370 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N593B · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.