ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 220798
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| Date: | Sunday 13 January 2019 |
| Time: | 14:58 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft B35 Bonanza |
| Owner/operator: | ABCS Association |
| Registration: | N5093C |
| MSN: | D-2355 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1950 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5488 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-470K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Jefferson County Int’l Airport (0S9), Port Townsend, WA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Port Townsend, WA (0S9) |
| Everett-Snohomish County Airport, WA (PAE/KPAE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Shortly after takeoff and during the initial climb, the cabin door opened, and the pilot elected to return to the airport. Upon entering the downwind leg of the traffic pattern, the pilot noticed that the left fuel gauge indicated full; and the right fuel gauge indicated empty. Shortly thereafter, the engine lost total power and the pilot performed a forced landing, during which the airplane impacted trees, resulting in substantial damage.
Examination of the wreckage revealed that the right main fuel tank and right tip tank had been breached during the accident sequence, while the left main wing tank and left tip tank were minimally damaged. Recovery personnel reported that about 12 gallons of aviation fuel was drained from the left main fuel tank and the left tip tank. The fuel selector handle was in the right tank position. When operated by hand, the handle moved freely through 360° rotation by hand, with each detent identified by feel. Examination revealed no mechanical anomalies with the engine or airframe that would have precluded normal operation. It is likely that the loss of engine power was the result of fuel starvation when the pilot failed to switch from the empty right main tank to the left main tank.
Probable Cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation and the pilot's mismanagement of the available fuel.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR19LA064
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=5093C
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 August 1994 | N5093C | Private | 0 | Everett, WA | |
sub |
Location
Media:
Near Jefferson County Int’l Airport (0S9), Port Townsend, WA, USA — A pilot escaped a Beech Bonanza plane crash near Port Hadlock with minor injuries after his engine died shortly after takeoff Sunday afternoon.https://t.co/ipMNATFyeX pic.twitter.com/qFmGMW8dIf
— PLANES OF LEGEND (@PlanesOfLegend) 15 janvier 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jan-2019 07:07 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 14-Jan-2019 09:26 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 14-Jan-2019 16:02 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 15-Jan-2019 07:44 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 15-Jan-2019 07:45 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 15-Jan-2019 07:49 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 15-Jan-2019 07:50 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, Damage] |
| 15-Jan-2019 07:51 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source] |
| 08-Jul-2022 18:42 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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