- Date
- October 1, 1988, 15:40 local (19:40 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8076RBeech V35A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881001042819A
- Case key
- 32339
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that aprx 15 minutes after takeoff from Fort Lauderdale, the eng quit completely & he was unable to make it back to the arpt. While attempting a forced landing in a field, he landed nose down, the nose gear collapsed, and the acft slid to a stop. Post crash examination of the fuel system revealed that the right fuel tank was empty due to damage incurred during the impact sequence, and the left tank was empty with no damage to the fuel lines from the tank to the eng. Five gallons of fuel was added to the system and the engine started and was run for aprx 3 minutes. Post acc exam showed the fuel gauges to be inaccurate.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8076R
- Reported as
- Beech V35A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-8980
- Airframe hours
- 2,789
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Fitzgerald, Alan
- Registered owner
- Taffy Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,656 total · 1,700 in this make and model · 2,543 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days · 42 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FXE, 10 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.