# NTSB SEA88LA077: Beech K-35, N40NL, Pullman, WA, April 14, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 13, 1988, 18:15 local (Apr 14, 1988, 01:15 UTC)
- Place: Pullman, WA
- Coordinates: 46.719944, -117.179283 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7199&lon=-117.1793&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 13, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40803
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA88LA077
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40803/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA077

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - fuel system,pump - failure,total (cause)
  - procedures/directives - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40NL), registered now, S/N D-5743, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH K-35
- Registry model: [Beech K35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-k35) (registry code 1151524) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-5743
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 70; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880413035639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880413035639A), Apr 13, 1988: Beech K35, Pullman/Moscow, WA, Substantial damage. Engine quit on approach to runway. Landed short collapsing the nose gear. Fuel pump inoperative. Boost pump not on.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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