ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 366619
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Date: | Monday 9 July 1990 |
Time: | 14:15 LT |
Type: | Beechcraft V35B |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N4796M |
MSN: | D10133 |
Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Big Bear, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Chino, CA (KCNO) |
Destination airport: | (L35) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT REPORTED HE WAS ON DOWN WIND AND SWITCHED FUEL TANKS FROM THE LEFT TIP OF THE LEFT MAIN. THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND THEN QUIT. THE PILOT SAID HE STRETCHED THE GLIDE AND TOUCHED DOWN HARD ON THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXAMINED BY AN AIRCRAFT MAINTENACE FACILITY AT THE AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO THEIR REPORT OF THE EXAMINATION, NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL LINE FROM THE FIREWALL TO THE FUEL PUMP, OR FROM THE FUEL PUMP TO THE METERING UNIT.
Probable Cause: THE FUEL STARVATION DUE TO THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT SELECTION OF AN EMPTY FUEL TANK.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX90LA249 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 4 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX90LA249
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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