- Date
- August 13, 1988, 21:30 local (Aug 14, 1988, 04:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fallon, NV
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N25EMBeech N35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880813032519A
- Case key
- 40865
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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
Eng lost power on practice missed approach. Forced landing made in rough terrain. Investigation revealed right fuel tank empty, left tank contained about 25 gals. Fuel selector had no positive stop at 'off' position, no detent for right tank position. Left tank detent found to be between 'off' and 'right tank.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25EM
- Reported as
- Beech N35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D6724
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-N, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward A. Decastro
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 17, 1987 · 80 hours before
- Airport
- FLX · Fallon, runway 3, 5,000 × 75 ft
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
- 41
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,910 total · 100 in this make and model · 1,850 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 290° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RNO, 40 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.