- Date
- May 21, 1988, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Independence, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2378LBeech 23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 34573
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The PIC planned a local flt to practice touch and go lndgs. On an earlier flt the PIC had switched the fuel selector to what he thought was the fullest tank. As the subsequent flt progressed, the PIC again selected what he considered to be the fullest tank as part of the pre-lndg chklist. As the acft began the pwrd climb portion of the touch and go lndg, the eng faltered and quit. Insufficient alt was available to execute a return to the rwy, so the PIC stated he lowered the nose and made a forced lndg into a grove of trees. The PIC realized later that he had switched to the fuel tank which contained little or no fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2378L
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M 218
- Airframe hours
- 1,152
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles Dickens
- Registered owner
- Charles E. Dickens
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1988 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- Independence, MO
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 236 total · 236 in this make and model · 199 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
Other investigations on N2378L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.