ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 354589
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| Date: | Saturday 18 April 1998 |
| Time: | 11:00 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft M35 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9703R |
| MSN: | D-6210 |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-470-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | North Las Vegas, NV -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hawthorne, CA (HHR |
| (KVGT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While on approach to the destination airport from a cross-country flight, the tower instructed the pilot to turn left to a downwind for landing. After completing the left turn the engine quit about pattern altitude. The pilot reported that he switched tanks several times in an unsuccessful attempt to get a restart. The fuel selector was found in the auxiliary fuel tank position. Recovery personnel removed about 18 gallons of fuel from the right fuel tanks, 2 gallons from the auxiliary and 16 from the right main tank. The left fuel tanks were ruptured. The estimated flight time from departure to North Las Vegas is 1.5 hours, and according to the engine manufacturer, the estimated fuel consumption at 75 percent power would be 24.375 gallons for that time.
Probable Cause: fuel starvation due to the pilot's improper fuel management and his failure to select the fullest tank for landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX98LA136
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 11-Mar-2024 16:07 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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