ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 74345
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| Date: | Friday 17 December 1999 |
| Time: | 16:15 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 35 Bonanza |
| Owner/operator: | Richard T Hoehn |
| Registration: | N5BB |
| MSN: | D-1401 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1948 |
| Engine model: | Continental E-185 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Hanover, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Huntington, IN (KHHG) |
| Port Austin, MI (29C) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane was substantially damaged during a forced landing following a loss of engine power. A police report stated, '[the pilot] stated that while switching fuel tanks to equalize weight, the engine quit. [The pilot] stated that he attempted to switch back to a different fuel tank and still had no response from the engine. [The pilot] stated that he attempted to use the manual fuel hand-pump with no response from the engine.' The pilot landed the airplane in a swampy field adjacent to a road. The aircraft contacted the ground and flipped over during the landing. A postaccident examination of the aircraft revealed no fuel remained in the left fuel tank or auxiliary fuel tank, and approximately 2 inches of fuel remained in the right fuel tank when dipped. No anomalies were found with respect to the aircraft or it's systems. The pilot had purchased the aircraft earlier in the day.
Probable Cause: fuel starvation and the pilot's improper fuel tank selector position. A factor was the swampy terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI00LA048
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-May-2010 11:03 | JINX | Added |
| 02-Jul-2013 08:51 | JINX | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 14-Dec-2017 10:01 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2024 16:10 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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