ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 42789
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| Date: | Friday 6 October 1995 |
| Time: | 13:30 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft H35 Bonanza |
| Owner/operator: | Wymann A. Bailey |
| Registration: | N625T |
| MSN: | D-5324 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3280 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ozark, MO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Tunica, MO (M97) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A witness observed the airplane 'flying very low to the ground.' It 'all of a sudden turned to the left, clipped the left wing on the ground and crashed nose first.' The leading edges of the wings were compressed aft at an angle corresponding to a pitch attitude of about 135 degrees nose down. The propeller blades exhibited minor damage. The fuel selector was set to the right main tank feed position. All four fuel tanks were intact. The auxiliary tanks were full. 2.3 gallons of clear blue fuel was measured in the right main tank and 8 gallons in the left main tank. No fuel was located in the engine fuel lines or in the carburetor. The pilot's operating handbook specifies 3 gallons of unusable fuel in each main wing tank. Examination of the light bulb from the visual stall warning indicator revealed that the filament was stretched toward the base of the bulb.
Probable Cause: the pilot's improper fuel management which resulted in fuel starvation, and his failure to maintain airspeed during the forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI96FA002
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 09-Apr-2024 11:31 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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