- Date
- April 13, 1988, 18:15 local (Apr 14, 1988, 01:15 UTC)
- Place
- Pullman, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N40NLBeech K-35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880413035639A
- Case key
- 40803
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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
While on final for the runway the pilot advanced the throttle and the engine lost power. The aircraft was landed short of the runway onto a field, where the nose gear collapsed during the landing roll. Mechanics who examined the aircraft after the accident discovered that the engine driven fuel pump was inoperative and that the fuel boost pump was in the off position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40NL
- Reported as
- Beech K-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-5743
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-C, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Klatt, Robert G.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- S86 · Sandpoint, ID
- Destination
- PUW · Pullman, WA
- Airport
- PUW · Pullman/Moscow, runway 23, 6,731 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 950 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Observed at
- PUW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.