- Date
- June 14, 1993, 10:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Douglas, WY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N368BBeech H35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930614017869A
- Case key
- 43037
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Probable cause
The improper maintenance/replacement of a fuel hose and the blocked fuel vapor return system. A factor relating to the accident was the cattle guard fence posts beside the road.
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
The acft lost engine power about 400 ft AGL during initial climb after takeoff and the pilot initiated an emergency forced landing on a public road. The acft wing impacted the post of a narrow cattle guard across the road during landing ground roll and the acft slid off the road. The engine quit again while it was being tested after the accident. An exam of the engine fuel system revealed the engine fuel pump vapor return jet was plugged with a small piece of black, crescent shaped, rubber material. A new fuel hose to the engine fuel pump, made of black rubber material, was installed at the last annual inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N368B
- Reported as
- Beech H35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D5107
- Airframe hours
- 3,771
- Engine
- Continental O-470-G, 240 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Single, James F.
- Registered owner
- Single, James F.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 11, 1992 · 70 hours before
- Destination
- DGW
- Airport
- DGW · Douglas Municipal, runway 1, 6,750 × 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,037 total · 387 in this make and model · 926 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CPR, 47 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.