- Date
- September 8, 1983, 09:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Grain Valley, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5843CBeech C35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830908049689A
- Case key
- 33353
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Analysis
The plt reported that when he was on final apch to land, the eng quit running & he was unable to glide to the rwy. Reportedly, the acft touched down in a vacant lot about 75 ft short & 15 ft below the level of the end of the rwy. After touching down, it continued across a ditch, a road, another ditch, went thru a barbed wire fence, continued up a bank & stopped at the apch end of the rwy. An exam of the acft revealed there ws aprx 5 gal of fuel remaining in the right fuel tank, but only about 3/4 of a pint in the left tank. The fuel selector was found positioned to the left tank & the fuel quantity gage was switched to the right tank. All fuel lines were intact & all connections were tight. No evidence of fuel siphoning was found. Also, the eng ran satisfactorily during an operational check after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5843C
- Reported as
- Beech C35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-2795
- Airframe hours
- 3,351
- Engine
- Continental E-185-11, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charley E. Qualkinbush
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1982 · 149 hours before
- Departed
- MKC · Kansas City, MO
- Airport
- 3GV · East Kansas City, runway 27, 3,800 × 45 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,032 total · 51 in this make and model · 975 as pilot in command · 74 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKC, 40 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.