- Date
- April 25, 1987, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- N Little Rock, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1718WBeech V35B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870425011369A
- Case key
- 34372
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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 acft was on a short ferry flt when the fuel pressure decreased and could not be restored. During the final apch of the forced landing on a city street, the acft struck a ground wire and fell to the street. Due to the intense fire that followed, the reason for the loss of fuel pressure could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1718W
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 09399
- Airframe hours
- 2,275
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- C. E. And Feffrey Biter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 6, 1987
- Departed
- LIT · Little Rock, AR
- Airport
- 1M1 · Municipal
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 232 total · 1 in this make and model · 197 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.