ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 364830
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| Date: | Saturday 27 July 1991 |
| Time: | 15:10 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft N35 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9425Y |
| MSN: | D-6604 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-470-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hillsboro, OR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Astoria, OR (KAST) |
| Salem, OR (KSLE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE ACFT ENG QUIT IN CRUISE FLT AT 1500 AGL AND THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. EXAM OF ACFT REVEALED THE FUEL SELECTOR ON THE EMPTY LEFT TANK, AND THE RT TANK HAD 20 GAL FUEL. ENG RAN OK AFTER THE ACCIDENT.
Probable Cause: FUEL STARVATION DUE TO THE IMPROPER USE OF THE FUEL SELECTOR SWITCH BY THE PILOT AND HIS FAILURE TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR FOR THE FORCED LANDING.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA91LA193
History of this aircraft
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| 31 August 2023 | N92NJ | Private | 0 | Ennis Big Sky Airport (EKS/KEKS), Ennis, MT | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Mar-2024 19:18 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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