Beech P35 accident near St. Petersburg, FL
On June 24, 1996, a Beech P35 (airplane) was involved in an accident near St. Petersburg, FL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 24, 1996
- Place
- St. Petersburg, FL
- Aircraft
- Beech P35 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 27.770°N, 82.630°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X06058
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 24, 1996, about 1237 eastern daylight time, a Beech P35, N1527S, registered to a private owner, operating as a Title 14 CFR Part 91, personal flight, crashed in the vicinity of St. Petersburg, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an IFR flight plan was filed. The airplane was destroyed. The commercial pilot was fatally injured, one passenger was seriously injured, and one passenger received minor injuries. On June 21, 1996, the airplane was refueled, at the Asheville Jet Center, Asheville, North Carolina, with 39.8 gallons of 100 low lead fuel. According to the Air Traffic Control (ATC) report and transcripts, the flight departed on June, 24, 1996, at 0935. The right front seat passenger stated, the pilot had completed a pre-flight inspection of the airplane, prior to the occupants boarding, including checking the fuel and draining the fuel tanks. According to the ATC transcript of communications, the pilot of N1527S, made initial contact with the local controller, Whitted Airport Control Tower at 1233:03, at a location about 5 miles north of the airport. The pilot was cleared for a straight in approach to runway 18, and at 1234:52, was cleared to land. At 1236:00, the pilot radioed the tower controller that he had "lost power." The controller again gave the pilot landing clearance, and the wind direction. At 1236:12, the pilot said, "...lost power I don't know if I can make the runway." The tower controller watched the airplane turn to the left, enter a nose high attitude, and impact the water nose and left wing low. The airplan
Probable cause
the pilot's improper procedure by not placing the fuel selector on the tank with the most fuel.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
