ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 75767
Last updated: 20 August 2020
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| Date: | 18-JUL-2010 |
| Time: | 14:02 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft A36 Bonanza |
| Owner/operator: | Reed Hatkoff |
| Registration: | N9SH |
| C/n / msn: | E-981 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Deer Valley Road, close to Deer Valley Airport (KDVT), Phoenix, AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Phoenix, AZ (DVT) |
| Phoenix, AZ (DVT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
The pilot reported flying for about an hour at 10,000 feet during a maintenance test flight to break in newly installed cylinders. The pilot reduced altitude to continue operating for another hour. As he changed altitude, he switched fuel tanks. Shortly after switching tanks, the engine lost power. During the forced landing, the airplane hit an automobile. Following the accident, about 1.5 gallons of fuel were recovered from the right fuel tank, and the left fuel tank was found empty. The right fuel tank was cracked and had leaked some fuel; the left fuel tank was not damaged. During the postaccident engine examination, no mechanical failures or malfunctions were revealed that would have precluded normal operation. The loss of engine power was most likely due to the pilot’s mismanagement of the fuel, resulting in fuel starvation.
Probable Cause: A loss of engine power during descent due to fuel starvation that resulted from the pilot's mismanagement of the fuel system.
Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20100718X92742&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jul-2010 21:17 | Geno | Added |
| 19-Jul-2010 02:01 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 26-Nov-2017 17:59 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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