- Date
- October 12, 1985, 00:30 local (04:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ochopee, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8000RBeech 65A-80
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851012051469A
- Case key
- 31538
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on a night pleasure flt, both engs surged and lost pwr and an emergency landing was made. The plt stated that he had a total of 3 hrs flt time in this type of acft. He later recanted his statement & stated that he had never flown this type acft before. The fuel selectors were positioned on the inboard tanks, the boost pump selectors were found positioned on the outboard tanks. A visual inspection of the outboard tanks revealed them to be nearly full. No discernable fuel was found in the inboard tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8000R
- Reported as
- Beech 65A-80
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LD177
- Airframe hours
- 7,442
- Engine
- Lycoming IGSO-540-A1A, 380 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gustavo Hurtado
- Registered owner
- International Flight Center
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 24, 1985
- Departed
- TMB · Miami, FL
- Destination
- TNT · Ochopee, FL
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
- 26
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 986 total · 774 as pilot in command · 126 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TMB, 21 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.