- Date
- April 8, 1989, 10:57 local (14:57 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeland, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2326WBeech A23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890408006819A
- Case key
- 32419
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Probable cause
Improper in-flight planning/decision, which resulted in fuel starvation, while the fuel selector was positioned to a tank with the least amount of fuel. A factor related to the accident was: the faulty fuel quantity indication for the right tank.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The private pilot stated that he flew for about 2 hours and 20 minutes, using the right fuel tank. While on final approach to land, the engine lost power and he failed to reposition the fuel selector to the left tank before the aircraft crashed. According to the plt, the fuel gages showed there was sufficient fuel in both tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2326W
- Reported as
- Beech A23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M923
- Engine
- Continental IO-346-A1, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Floyd Clyde L
- Registered owner
- Clyde L Floyd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 2, 1988 · 94 hours before
- Departed
- X31 · Crystal River, FL
- Destination
- LAL
- Airport
- LAL · Lakeland, runway 9, 6,000 × 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 384 total · 8 in this make and model · 384 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAL, 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.
Other investigations on N2326W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.