ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 377734
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| Date: | Saturday 9 February 1985 |
| Time: | 23:10 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft A36 |
| Owner/operator: | Metro Flying Club |
| Registration: | N6088S |
| MSN: | E-785 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3464 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO 520-BA10 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | New Albany, MS -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Montgomery, AL |
| Olive Branch, MS (OLV | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
PIC HAD 1/2 HOUR CHECK-OUT IN A-36 BUT OVER 3900 TOTAL FLIGHT HOURS. HIS 14 HOURS IN THIS ACFT WAS CROSS COUNTRY FLYING. HE STATED THAT THE FUEL WAS KEPT EVENLY DIDTRIBUTED BY SWITCHING THE FUEL SELECTOR BETWEEN TANKS DURING THE NEARLY THREE HOUR FLIGHT. THE PIC/CFI COMMENTED THAT WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT IT SOUNDED LIKE FUEL STARVATION. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE UNDAMAGED FUEL SYSTEM AND INSTRUMENT PANEL SHOWED 15 GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE RIGHT TANK, 0 IN THE LEFT, FUEL SELECTOR ON THE RIGHT TANK, & THE AUXILIARY FUEL BOOST PUMP OFF-PILOT'S HANDBOOK CALLS FOR AUXILIARY PUMP 'ON' WITH LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DURING FLIGHT.
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Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL85LA093
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 March 1993 | N6088S | Centerline Aviation, Inc. | 0 | Plano, TX | |
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| 30-Mar-2024 15:52 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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