Beechcraft A23A N6900Q

Summary

On 18 January 1986 at about 00:30 local time, a Beechcraft A23A registered N6900Q was involved in an accident near Hastings, Michigan, 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

18 January 1986 at 00:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Hastings, Michigan, United States

Coordinates

42.6493, -85.2796

Aircraft

Beechcraft A23A

Registration

N6900Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Pontiac → Hastings

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI86LA072

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 PILOT ESTIMATED HE HAD 13 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD FOR THE ESTIMATED FIFTY MINUTE FLIGHT. HE ESTIMATED HIS FUEL BURN AT NINE GALLONS PER HOUR GIVING HIM AN HOUR AND TWENTY FIVE MINUTE FUEL ENDURANCE. HE RAN OUT OF FUEL AN HOUR AND TWENTY FIVE MINUTES AFTER ENGINE START AFTER OVERFLYING SUITABLE INTERMEDIATE AIRPORTS TO LAND AND REFUEL. THE PILOT RECOMMENDED THAT HE 'CURB HIS URGE TO RUSH, FACTOR IN WIND SPEED, CARRY A 45 MINUTE RESERVE. FOLLOW INSTINCTS TO LAND WHEN IN DOUBT ABOUT CONTINUING, AND REREAD APPLICABLE FARS.'

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.