- Date
- March 31, 1986, 11:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Couger, WA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2998BBeech E-35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 40377
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power
Fuel system,pump - inoperativeCause
Forced landing
Object - tree(s)
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - none suitableFactor
Analysis
While at cruise, the pilot intentionally ran one fuel tank dry. When the pilot attempted a restart by use of the wobble pump, the aircraft's engine would not start. The pilot made a forced landing into trees for lack of a more suitable landing site. The wobble pump was found to be inoperative.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2998B
- Reported as
- Beech E-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D3747
- Airframe hours
- 4,200
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kenneth C. Dock
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 7, 1985
- Departed
- S22 · Hermiston, OR
- Destination
- KLS · Kelso, WA
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
- 70
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 10,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg