- Date
- July 15, 1987, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rigby, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N321MBBeech 55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870715034769A
- Case key
- 40547
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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.
Analysis
During descent for landing, with both engines being fed from the right main fuel tank, a loss of power occurred due to fuel exhaustion. A forced landing was made on a wheat field and during landing rollout the aircraft struck a ditch. Investigation revealed no fuel remaining on board in either the aux tanks or the main tanks. However, with the master switch on, the right main fuel gauge read more than 1/4 tank remaining.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N321MB
- Reported as
- Beech 55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC1114
- Airframe hours
- 2,500
- Engine
- Continental I0-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Karen Pfeiffer
- Registered owner
- Karen Pfeiffer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 14, 1987
- Departed
- WYS · W.Yellowstone, MT
- Destination
- IDA · Idaho Falls, ID
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
- 56
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,891 total · 131 in this make and model · 11,500 as pilot in command · 81 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.