Accident · 1989-01-09

NTSB case FTW89LA040 · BEECH V35B · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1989-01-09
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: BEECH V35B (N4521S)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: STILLWATER FLIGHT CENTER, INC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): STILLWATER FLIGHT CENTER, INC.

Probable cause

FUEL TANK SELECTOR VALVE BEING INADVERTENTLY SWITCHED OFF AND THE PILOT'S EMERGENCY PROCEDURES INADEQUATE IN DISCOVERINGAND CORRECTING THE PROBLEM. THIS RESULTED IN THE FUEL STARVATION RELATED POWER LOSS. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE ROUGH TERRAIN ON WHICH THE FORCED LANDING WAS PERFORMED AND THE FENCE WHICH WAS CONTACTED.

Source: NTSB case FTW89LA040

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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