- Date
- January 2, 1978
- Place
- West Plains, MO · WEST PLAINS, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N686VBeech M35
- Status
- Completed · report April 26, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780102004739A
- Case key
- 143179
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0417 78/1/2 WEST PLAINS,MO BEECH M35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 3500 TIME - 2005 N686V PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2800 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEST PLAINS MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEMPHIS,TN ST.JOSEPH,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- BOTH AUX TANKS FOUND DRY,SELECTOR ON AUX POSITION.L MAIN 1/2 FULL,R MAIN FULL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N686V
- Reported as
- Beech M35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- West Plains Muni
N686VRegistration cancelled Nov 12, 2013 · Beech M35Airframe modelBeech M35Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.