# Accident 19950502009189A: Beech 58, Columbus, OH, May 2, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1995, 04:25 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Airport: Port Columbus International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BSYA
- Location: 39.9807° N, 82.9806° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9807&lon=-82.9806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4575S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4575S-1998-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT IO520C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC95LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950502009189A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST BOTH ENGINES ON CLIMBOUT. MADE OFF AIRPORT GEAR UP LANDING. FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY. HAD MADE 5 OTHER STOPS. (-23) ON MAY 2, 1995 A BE-58, N4575S CRASHED IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1-1/4 MILE SW OF COLUMBUS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THERE WERE 2 FLT CREW MEMBERS ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT, (FIRST PILOT JEFFERY S. PERIN, AND THE SECOND PILOT WAS ANDREW N. NUSSBAUM). BOTH HAD SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT BELONGED TO US CHECKS (FAR 135 OPERATOR) IN COLUMBUS OHIO AND WAS ON A FAR 135 FLIGHT FROM AGC TO CMH. THE INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM BOTH PILOTS AND THE COMPANY, INDICATED THAT THEY WERE ON A FAR 135 FLIGHT FROM AGC TO CMH WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. ACCORDING TO BOTH PILOTS, AFTER THEY HAD DESCENDED DOWN TO 4,000 FT ONE OF THE ENGINES HAD QUIT, THE PILOT IN COMMAND, TRIED THE BOOST PUMPS BUT NO HELP. THEN HE TRIED TO CROSS FEED, BUT AGAIN NO HELP. BOTH PILOTS STATED THAT THE LEFT FUEL INDICATOR WAS IN THE YELLOW CAUTION, AND THE RIGHT FUEL GAUGE INDICATED BETWEEN 1/4 AND 1/2. HOWEVER, THE PILOTS RADIOED IN TO ATC THAT THEY HAD A FUEL EMERGENCY. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE OTHER ENGINE QUIT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC95LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA098), May 2, 1995: Beech 58 (N4575S), Columbus, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate preflight of the airplane's fuel quantity, resulting in a complete loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, and the subsequent night forced landing and collision with the…

## Other reports on N4575S (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19840518023779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840518023779I), May 18, 1984: Beech 58 (N4575S), Romeo, MI, Minor damage. Aircraft drifted off runway. Flight test for multiengine rating. Pilot examiner had failed right engine.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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