- Date
- January 28, 1987, 17:15 local (Jan 29, 1987, 01:15 UTC)
- Place
- Alderwood Manor, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6076NBeech B23
- Weather
- Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870128001919A
- Case key
- 40587
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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Analysis
The pilot, after exhausting all fuel in one tank, failed to select the remaining fuel tank during his approach. His unfamiliarity with the make/model of the accident aircraft is considered a factor in his failing to locate the fuel selector and switching to the appropriate fuel tank. Obstructions in the form of trees and a fence as well as dusk lighting conditions all served to compromise the forced landing.
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
- N6076N
- Reported as
- Beech B23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-11169
- Airframe hours
- 1,675
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jeffrey A Van Deren
- Registered owner
- H. P. Frisch
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 20, 1985
- Departed
- S88 · Arlington, WA
- Destination
- S13 · Alderwood Manor, 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 188 total · 2 in this make and model · 162 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Dusk
- Wind
- 130° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PAE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.