# NTSB MIA84FA161: Beech 35, N2830V, Sanford, FL, May 5, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: May 5, 1984, 14:37 local (18:37 UTC)
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Coordinates: 28.810834, -81.330635 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8108&lon=-81.3306&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30989
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84FA161
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30989/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA161

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - fuel system,selector/valve - incorrect (cause)
  - maintenance,installation - improper, other maintenance personnel (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - fuel tank selector position - improper
- Forced landing, approach
  - emergency procedure - attempted, pilot in command
- Loss of control - in flight, approach
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, descent - uncontrolled
  - object - residence
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2830V-2012-08-06), registration cancelled 2012-08-06, S/N D-235, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35
- Registry model: [Beech 35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (registry code 1151502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E185 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (registry code 17014, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-235
- Airframe hours: 4456
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840505015809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840505015809A), May 5, 1984: Beech 35BEECH, Sanford, FL, Destroyed. Engine quit during final approach from fuel starvation. Fuel valve had been modified not in accordance with specs.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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