Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Lovelock, Nevada 89419
Monday, July 22, 1996 17:30 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The pilot performed 8 or 9 touch-and-go landings, and after liftoff, at approximately 200 feet agl, the engine lost power and quit. On previous takeoffs, at approximately 300 plus feet agl, he would switch from the main fuel tank to the auxiliary tanks, fly out about 5 miles and return. During the downwind leg of the pattern he would switch from the auxiliary tanks back to the left main tank for the touch-and-go landing. He stated that he thought that he may have lost fuel flow when the engine quit; however, he did not visually check the fuel pressure gauge. Postaccident examination of the fuel distributor valve, fuel pump vapor return line, and the fuel pump outlet line revealed that they were dry. He reported that he had been airborne for approximately 1.5 hours.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

fuel starvation.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/22/1996
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 1730
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City LOVELOCK
Event State NEVADA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 89419
Event Date Year 1996
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1600 Pacific Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 180
Weather Observation Facility ID KLO
Elevation of weather observation facility 3903
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 1
Time Zone of the weather observation PDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 20000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Unknown
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 50
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 38
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 150
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 4
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Serious
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious 1
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1482
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jul 22 1996 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1855
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information IMAGE
Date of most recent change to record Dec 8 2000 10:12AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N8399J
NTSB Number LAX96LA286
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Beech
Aircraft Model J-35
Aircraft Series Identifier J-35
Aircraft Serial Number D-5520
Certified Max Gross Weight 2900
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Oct 10 1995 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 57
Airframe Hours 5544
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name GEORGE R. CLARY
Aircraft Owner Street Address 3499 SAN MATEO CIRCLE
Aircraft Owner City RENO
Aircraft Owner State NV
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 89509
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name HARRELL A. HOSKINS
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 11050 DANIELS DR.
Operator City NEVADA CITY
Operator State CA
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 95959
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code KLOL
Departure City LOVELOCK
Departure State NV
Departure Country
Departure Time 1745
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight --
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:34AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --