Beechcraft E33-C N8112R

Summary

On 1 March 1985 at about 20:15 local time, a Beechcraft E33-C registered N8112R was involved in an accident near Richfield, Utah, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 March 1985 at 20:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Richfield, Utah, United States

Coordinates

38.7507, -112.0996

Aircraft

Beechcraft E33-C

Registration

N8112R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN85LA089

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT STATED THAT HE WAS RETURNING TO THE ARPT AND WAS ON THE BASE LEG OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL LOSS OF ENG PWR. THE PLT STATED THAT WHEN HE TURNED ON THE BOOST PUMP, PWR WAS RESTORED FOR A SHORT TIME. HE CONTINUED TO STATE THAT HE COULD NOT RESTORE SUFFICIENT PWR TO MAINTAIN FLT. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS EXECUTED IN AN OPEN FIELD. POST CRASH EXAM OF THE ENG REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE. THE PLT HAS 2.5 HOURS OF FLT TIME IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL ACFT. THE PLT STATED THAT HE MANAGED TO GET THE ENG STARTED ON BASE LEG AFTER THE INITIAL PWR LOSS BY USING THE FUEL BOOST PUMP. HE STATED THAT AFTER THE ENG STARTED HE FLIPPED THE BOOST PUMP SWITCH OFF AND THE ENG IMMEDIATELY LOST PWR AGAIN. THE PLTS HANDBOOK (FLT MANUAL) STATES THAT THE PUMP SHOULD BE ON FOR AN AIR START & LEFT ON IF THE FUEL PUMP IS SUSPECTED OF FAILURE LOSS OF FUEL PRESSURE WITH BOOST PUMP OFF. THE PLT INDICATED THE START PROCESS WAS REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES WITH SIMILIAR RESULTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.