- Date
- May 5, 1984, 14:37 local (18:37 UTC)
- Place
- Sanford, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2830VBeech 35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840505015809A
- Case key
- 30989
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The eng lost power when the acft was on final apch to land. The plt stated that he then switched fuel tanks, activated the electric fuel boost pump & worked the related wobble pump as fast as he could, but was unable to restore eng power. Subsequently, the acft crashed into a building and cartwheeled into a parking lot. An exam of the wreckage revealed the left fuel tank was empty. About 10 gal of fuel was remaining in the right tank & an undetermined amount of fuel was in the aux tank. The wobble pump/fuel selector assembly's tank selector valve, pn 35-924068, was modified, but was not installed in accordance with the manufacture's specification. The selector's detent ball, PN35-921166, was missing & the assembly's spring was riding on the valve. Also, the assembly's housing, pn 35-921185, was damaged. In this condition, the plt could not determine the exact position of the selector valve. An exam of the acft revealed it had crashed in a steep nose down, left wing low attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2830V
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-235
- Airframe hours
- 4,456
- Engine
- Continental E-185-11, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Marc. C. Weiner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 11, 1983 · 85 hours before
- Departed
- X04 · Plymouth, FL
- Airport
- X04 · Sanford, runway 9, 8,000 × 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,200 total · 60 in this make and model · 2,200 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SFB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.