From unofficial sources
8/10 1545 local Thursday afternoon. From the Aviation Safety Network, a Be35 “force landed east from runway 25 as it was on approach to High River Regional Airport (CEN4), Alberta, Canada. The aircraft struck a fence and ended on its belly in a grassy field. The two occupants received serious but non life threatening injuries.” Airplane damage was “substantial.”
The airplane’s owner, who was not in the airplane at the time of the crash, called and told me the pilot “switched [fuel] tanks” on final approach and accidentally “switched to the auxiliary position.” After “the engine quit,” according to the owner, the pilot said he”leaned forward” to visually check the fuel selector position, and when he did he “pushed on the controls” and caused the airplane to “nose into the ground.” The owner said the airplane is “written off” and confirmed that, although the two aboard were indeed “seriously” injured they have both been released from the hospital and will survive. C-FKVI (D-1975) was a 1949 A35.
(“Fuel starvation on final approach”; “Serious injuries”; “Airplane destroyed”)
New reports this week
8/19 1555Z (1055 local Friday morning): A Be95 was “on [its] departure roll” when it “veered off the runway into the grass” at Houston, Texas. The Travel Air’s solo pilot was unhurt; airplane damage is “unknown.” N998DM (TD-697) is a 1967 D95A.
(“Loss of directional control during takeoff”)
8/20 1440Z (1040 local Sunday morning): A Be24’s “right main tire separated” after landing at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The Sierra “went into the grass,” incurring “unknown” damage. The two aboard were not hurt. N6570R (MC-298) is a 1974 B24R.
(“Blown tire on landing”)
8/20 1600Z (1200 local Sunday noon): The pilot of a Be23 died, and a passenger suffered “serious” injuries, when the airplane “departed and crashed under unknown circumstances” at Greer, South Carolina. Airplane damage is “unknown.” N9360S (M-1659) is a 1975 C23.
(“Takeoff/unknown”; “Fatal”)
This concludes the Piston Beechcraft Accidents 8/18/2022 – 8/23/2023