- Date
- February 18, 1987, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Butler, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8827MBeech B-35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870218037569A
- Case key
- 34342
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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 PIC flew a traffic pattern that placed him landing long to the rwy at Butler, MO. The PIC perceived an eng failure prior to attempting a go-around and activated the fuel boost pump and advanced the throttle. The PIC rptd the eng faultered and quit. The PIC was then forced to land the acft off airport. The eng idle setting was determined to be set too low.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8827M
- Reported as
- Beech B-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D7347
- Airframe hours
- 648
- Engine
- Continental IO-520BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Hunt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 9, 1986 · 63 hours before
- Departed
- 3GV · Grain Valley, MO
- Destination
- BUM · Butler, MO
- Airport
- BUM · Butler, runway 35, 3,200 × 50 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 3,940 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N8827M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.