Wakefield Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Wakefield, Virginia 23888
Thursday, February 27, 1986 9:00 EST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE ACFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RWY AFTER LOSS OF POWER ON BOTH ENGINES. CONTACT WITH A DIRT BANK SHEARED THE LANDING GEAR AND THE ACFT SLID ONTO & DOWN THE RWY FOR ABOUT 436 FT BEFORE STOPPING. THE PLT SAID THE FUEL GAUGES WERE 1/4 ON MAINS AND 1/8 ON AVG TANKS. THE PLT HAD MADE 3 SHORT TRIPS BEFORE THIS FLT WITHOUT REFUELING. DURING POST ACC INVEST NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE LINES OR TANKS. UPON ADDITION OF FUEL BOTH ENGINES RAN NORMALLY.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 2/27/1986
Event Day of the Week Thursday
Time of Event 900
Event Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Event City WAKEFIELD
Event State VIRGINIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 23888
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 2
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport WAKEFIELD
Event Location Nearest Airport ID AKQ
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1350 Z
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID PHF
Elevation of weather observation facility 42
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation Z
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 10000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 4500
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 7
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 4
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -18
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 360
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 8
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) 0
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 3
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency FAA
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 73
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Feb 27 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 900
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 29899
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:14AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N1QV
NTSB Number BFO86FID02
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 BE65
Aircraft Series Identifier BE65
Aircraft Serial Number LC-183
Certified Max Gross Weight 7700
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 7
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Oct 7 1985 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 40
Airframe Hours 4710
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name OCCUPACIA CORP MCKISSICK & CO
Aircraft Owner Street Address BOX 8309
Aircraft Owner City NORFOLK
Aircraft Owner State VA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 23503
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate Yes - certificate holder
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) Business
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code W57
Departure City GLOUCESTER
Departure State VA
Departure Country
Departure Time 840
Departure Time Zone EST
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code AKQ
Destination City WAKEFIELD
Destination State VA
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
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 --