- Date
- May 25, 1983, 10:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Wendling, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7980MBeech V35-TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830525033849A
- Case key
- 39698
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with trees and dense brush during an off airport forced landing in IMC weather. According to the pilothe was about 10 minutes into a cross country flight at 4000 feet MSL when fuel pressure dropped and he lost engine power. The pilot switched tanks, checked circuit breakers, magnetos and high boost fuel pump. The engine did not restartthe pilot descended through the overcast and broke out at 500 feet AGL. The acft collided with several trees and a concrete block before coming to rest in deep brush. Engine teardown showed boost pumps inoperative, the main fuel line was loose at the firewall and the fuel screen has some debris in it. The throttle control assembly was found to be leaking past the shaft o ring into the intake area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7980M
- Reported as
- Beech V35-TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8267
- Airframe hours
- 2,822
- Engine
- Continental TS10-520-D, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wac Coporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 3, 1983 · 200 hours before
- Departed
- 0R78 · Eugene, OR
- Destination
- S07 · Bend, OR
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
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,500 total · 1,900 in this make and model · 4,270 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EUG, 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.