ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 3395
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Date: | Saturday 25 October 1969 |
Time: | 16:00 |
Type: | Beechcraft 35 Bonanza |
Owner/operator: | |
Registration: | N2817V |
MSN: | D-219 |
Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Thomasville, GA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:drg attempt return to airport aircraft struck trees aprx 1/4mile short of field.No fuel found in l tank.
(Added 7/18/2017): The aircraft was normally based at the Valdosta Municipal Airport. Initial departure point was same. Later second-hand verbal account of the cause was that when the pilot tried to change fuel tanks via the selector valve, the engagement slot jumped it's connection and did not fully switch to the other fuel tank. Resultant fuel starvation prompted the attempted return to the Thomasville Georgia airport. Upon hitting the trees, The pilot's seat position bore the major force of impact and he was killed.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | |
Report number: | MIA70A0035 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 5 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Feb-2008 12:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
19-Jul-2017 07:14 |
jaylawbird |
Updated [Nature, Narrative] |
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