- Date
- September 17, 1982, 10:42 local (17:42 UTC)
- Place
- Yakima, WA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9218SBeech C23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820917047539A
- Case key
- 73103
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Analysis
The aircraft was on the last leg of a flight from California to Yakima, Washington. It had not been refueled during a stop at goldendale, Washington. While descending toward Yakima, the pilot reported to the tower that he was out of fuel. During a forced landing in a cow pasture, the aircraft became airborne again after crossing a ditch, then collided with a fence. Wing and vertical stabilizer damage was reported.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9218S
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M1738
- Airframe hours
- 1,742
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Alyair Aviaton Corporation
- Registered owner
- Alyair Aviaton Corporation
- Departed
- S20 · Goldendale, WA
- Destination
- Tipton, IA
- Airport
- YKM · Yakima Air Terminal
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 111 total · 40 in this make and model · 72 as pilot in command · 91 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Temperature
- 162 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- YKM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.