- Date
- April 20, 1986, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Marshall, MO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9726RBeech M-35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860420013219A
- Case key
- 34164
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Analysis
The pilot stated that all the tanks were full when he departed springdale, Arkansas and he flew en route for one hour on the left tank and thirty minutes on the auxiliary tank. The aircraft performed routinely en route and during letdown to the Marshall airport traffic pattern where, according to the pilot he switched back to the left main tank. Shortly thereafter, the pilot further stated, he felt a loss of engine power and could not get a restart and he raised the flaps to increase the gliding distance but the aircraft landed short on a cultivated plot inside the airport between the perimeter and the runway threshold. Post accident investigation revealed that the right main fuel tank was full and the left tank was empty and also that the aircraft fuel system operated normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9726R
- Reported as
- Beech M-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-6199
- Airframe hours
- 2,708
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-C, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mitchell F. Geisler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 17, 1986 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- H37 · Springdale, AR
- Destination
- MHL · Marshall, MO
- Airport
- MHL · Marshall Memorial Muni., runway 35, 3,900 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 647 total · 163 in this make and model · 574 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COU, 50 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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