Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Harrison County Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Marshall, Texas 75670
Sunday, July 5, 1998 21:25 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The airplane impacted terrain during a forced landing following a complete loss of engine power after takeoff. The pilot maneuvered the airplane back towards the runway, and during the descent, the airplane contacted a tree branch. The airplane came to rest upright, the pilot switched the fuel valve selector to the 'OFF' position, and exited the airplane. The pilot did not report the position of the fuel valve selector at the time the loss of engine power occurred. Examination of the airplane at the site revealed that the fuel selector switch was in 'OFF' position and the fuel quantity indicator switch was in the 'RIGHT MAIN FUEL TANK' position. The right wing fuel tank and both auxiliary fuel tanks were full of fuel. The left wing fuel tank contained minimal fuel. Additionally, the fuel line leading to the engine driven fuel pump was removed and observed to be dry. Fuel was manually pumped through the fuel line, the system appeared to operate normally and no leaks were found. Out of a total flight time of 800 hours, the pilot had 13 hours in the accident make and model.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
The loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of the improper position of the fuel selector. A factor was the pilot's lack of experience in this make and model of airplane.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/5/1998 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 2125 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | MARSHALL |
| Event State | TEXAS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 75670 |
| Event Date Year | 1998 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | HARRISON COUNTY |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | ASL |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 356 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1953 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 239 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | GGG |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 365 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 22 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Dusk |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 33 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 18 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 170 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 5 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 949 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Jul 5 1998 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 2314 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Feb 23 2001 1:55PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N5554D |
| NTSB Number | FTW98LA300 |
| 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 | H35 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | H35 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | D-5076 |
| 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 | Mar 1 1998 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 4 |
| Airframe Hours | 4200 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | FRANK D. GALLOWAY |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | RR 9 BOX 657 |
| Aircraft Owner City | GILMER |
| Aircraft Owner State | TX |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 75644 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | JOHN KIRK |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 25 TALLWOOD LANE |
| Operator City | LONGVIEW |
| Operator State | TX |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 75605 |
| 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 | GGG |
| Departure City | LONGVIEW |
| Departure State | TX |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1845 |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| 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 | Feb 23 2001 1:55PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 15 |
| Runway Length | 5000 |
| Runway Width | 100 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |