- Date
- April 13, 1988, 10:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Myers, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8856MBeech A-23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880413047259A
- Case key
- 32016
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The private pilot experienced an engine failure on final approach and executed a forced landing to a wooded area and crashed. The pilot said he had flown about 2.0 hours on the right tank and did not switch to the left tank prior to landing. Another pilot had flown the aircraft about .4 hours before the accident flight, since the last refueling, also using the right tank. The hobbs meter recorded 3 hrs for the acc flt. The fuel tank held 30 gals of fuel and the acft uses aprx 9 gph in normal flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8856M
- Reported as
- Beech A-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-593
- Engine
- Continental IO-346-A, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lawrence J. Jones
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 2, 1987
- Departed
- 28J · Palatka, FL
- Destination
- FMY · Fort Myers, 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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 40 in this make and model · 150 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 1 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.