- Date
- January 4, 1991, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Columbia, OH
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2049KBeech U35B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910104000169A
- Case key
- 36865
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Probable cause
The pilot mismanaged his fuel and ran one of the fuel tanks dry, resulting in an engine failure, due to fuel starvation.
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
During a descent the engine failed and the pilot attempted a forced landing. The pilot was attempting to land in a field but hit trees short of his intended landing site. The passenger told police that they had not made any stops to refuel. The passenger did not know if the pilot had only used one tank en route but said the pilot transferred fuel twice from the 'outside' tanks. When the engine failed the pilot tried to switch tanks and could not get the engine restarted prior to hitting the trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2049K
- Reported as
- Beech U35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-10197
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-CBCBB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kenneth E. Yeutter
- Registered owner
- Kenneth E. Yeutter
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- MIV · Millville, NJ
- Destination
- 22G · Lorain, OH
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,250 total · 125 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Observed at
- CLE, 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.