- Date
- May 27, 1989, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Strong, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N18307Beech V35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890527012989A
- Case key
- 34795
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Probable cause
Engine failure due to fuel starvation.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
About 25 miles from destination apt, the plt said the engine quit. He switched from empty left tank to the right tank, which still indicated 1/2 to 3/4 full. He was unable to restart the engine, and due to his altitude of 1500 AGL, elected to make an emergency ldg. During the landing on a rural gravel road, the acft sustained substantial damage. The plt said that the left fuel cell bladder had been replaced 3 days prior to the accident, due to previous leaks, but documentation of the replacement was not found by the investigative authorities.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18307
- Reported as
- Beech V35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D10038
- Airframe hours
- 1,892
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Vasan, Srini
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 14, 1989 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- BNA · Nashville, TN
- Destination
- ELD · El Dorado, AR
- Flight plan
- IFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 512 total · 344 in this make and model · 29 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ELD, 20 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.
Other investigations on N18307 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.