ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 161301
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| Date: | Tuesday 8 October 2013 |
| Time: | 08:00 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft S35 Bonanza |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6861Q |
| MSN: | D-7476 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5170 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520 BB |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Brownwood Regional Airport (KBWD), Brownwood, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Coleman, TX (COM) |
| Brownwood, TX (BWD) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that he was making a straight-in approach to land when the engine lost power. He attempted to restart the engine but was unsuccessful. The airplane subsequently impacted trees, cacti, and terrain during the attempted off-airport landing, and a postimpact fire ensued, which destroyed the fuselage. The pilot sustained second- and third-degree burns, but he was able to extricate himself from the wreckage. A postaccident examination of the engine revealed that foreign material was present on the fuel pump vanes, the fuel manifold, and the fuel metering unit inlet screen; this material would have blocked the fuel flow to the engine. No other anomalies were noted that would have prevented normal operation of the engine. The foreign material closely matched polyester, but the source of the material could not be determined.
Probable Cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel starvation, which resulted from a foreign material in the fuel system blocking the fuel flow to the engine.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=6861Q
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Media:
#BREAKING single engine plane crash near Bwd Regional Airport around 8am pic.twitter.com/m7YiWxbFp5
— Betty Nguyen (@bettytvnguyen) October 8, 2013
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Oct-2013 15:07 | gerard57 | Added |
| 08-Oct-2013 15:08 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 08-Oct-2013 18:09 | Geno | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-Oct-2013 18:31 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 29-Nov-2017 09:18 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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