# NTSB SEA88LA145: Beech K-35, N3PH, Halley, ID, August 7, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 6, 1988, 18:55 local (Aug 7, 1988, 00:55 UTC)
- Place: Halley, ID
- Coordinates: 43.390651, -114.239143 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3907&lon=-114.2391&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 9, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40859
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA88LA145
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40859/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA145

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - fuel supply - inattentive, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - remedial action - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ENGINE PWR LOSS OCCURRED APPROACHING DESTINATON ABOUT 2000 FT AGL. PLT SWITCHED FUEL AND ATTEMPTED RESTART BUT FAILED TO UTILIZE PROPER PROCEDURES. ACFT COLLIDED WITH WIRE FENCE HIDDEN IN TALL VEGETATION ON CHOSEN FORCED LNDG SITE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED LEFT FUEL TANK, IN OPERATION AT PWR LOSS, WAS BELOW USABLE LEVEL. RIGHT TANK LEVEL WAS FOUND NEAR UNUSABLE FUEL LEVEL. AUX TANKS WERE NEAR FULL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3PH](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3PH-2013-02-25), registration cancelled 2013-02-25, S/N D-5740, 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 5740
- Airframe hours: 3129
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-C 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Elmer G. Haskin, Jr.
- Registered owner: Elmer Haskin, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 1, 1988, 17 hours before
- Departed: OAK, OAKLAND, CA
- Airport: SUN, Friedman Memorial

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 1,764 total, 160 in this make and model, 1,764 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SUN, 1 nm away

## 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 19880806038329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880806038329A), Aug 6, 1988: Beech K35, Hailey, ID, Substantial damage. Ran left tank dry. Unable restart on other. Failed to use boost pump. Overshot a clear area on landing. Hit fence.

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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