- Date
- May 9, 1982, 11:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Smithville, MO
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1877LBeech A36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820509014409A
- Case key
- 72632
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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 plt reported a loss of power & unable to reach the arpt. The acft collided with trees during the forced landing & then landed hard, gear up, in a farmyard. Examination revealed that the left fuel tank was empty. The right fuel tank was full & the fuel selector was on the left tank. The fuel system contained about one ounce of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1877L
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-857
- Airframe hours
- 1,695
- Engine
- Continental RIO-520-BA12B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Engineering Handling Systems,
- Registered owner
- Engineering Handling Systems,
- Departed
- DYR · Dyersburg, TN
- Destination
- MCI · Kansas City, MO
- Airport
- MCI · Kansas City International, runway 19, 10,801 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,046 total · 989 in this make and model · 946 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 169 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCI, 6 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.