- Date
- September 19, 1983, 17:04 local (21:04 UTC)
- Place
- Bartow, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N658VBeech M35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830919050119A
- Case key
- 30940
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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
During arrival, the plt had intended to reposition the fuel selector from the right main to the left main position. However, he left the selector positioned at the right main tank. While on final apch, the eng lost power. The plt activated the boost pump & the eng restarted for about 10 sec, but it lost power again. The fuel selector was not moved form the right main position during the emergency procedures. The acft was landed hard in soft, wet terrain and the nose gear collapsed. Fuel was found in the left main tank & the aux tanks, but less than minimum fuel was found in the right main. Later, the eng was started using fuel from the left main.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N658V
- Reported as
- Beech M35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-6319
- Airframe hours
- 3,195
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-C, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Council Tool Co. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 7, 1982 · 82 hours before
- Departed
- CPC · Whiteville, NC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BOW · Bartow Municipal, runway 9, 5,000 × 150 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,928 total · 1,784 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BOW
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 N658V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.