ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 355156
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| Date: | Sunday 5 October 1997 |
| Time: | 17:22 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft V35A Bonanza |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N1566A |
| MSN: | D-9021 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1078 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | West Lafayette, IN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| (KLAF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A witness, near the approach end of the runway, monitoring the air traffic control tower frequency, heard the tower clear the airplane to enter left traffic for runway 23, and saw the airplane enter left downwind for the traffic pattern. The witness said that the airplane 'was very low for that part of the pattern, 300 to 500 feet above ground level. The pilot told the tower that he was abeam the numbers for runway 28 and wanted to land on that runway. The airplane 'began a sharp turn, but without much bank - probably skidding - when parallel to runway 28, the plane wobbled, banked sharply left and right, and lost altitude. The airplane 'appeared to be in a landing-type attitude, not nose down.' The airplane wobbled, straightened out, then 'disappeared from sight behind hills and buildings.' Examination of the airplane's fuel tanks revealed no fuel in the right fuel tank. Six gallons of fuel were recovered from the left fuel tank. The fuel selector valve in the airplane's cockpit was positioned on the right fuel tank. No other anomalies were found with the airplane.
Probable Cause: the pilot's improper decision not to land before his airplane ran out of fuel, fuel exhaustion and the inadvertent stall.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI98LA006
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Mar-2024 08:57 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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