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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C90A · Lake Providence, LA · May 1, 1998

Date
May 1, 1998 · 18:00 local
Place
Lake Providence, LA
Airport
Byerley
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N275LA
Reported as
Beech C90A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
19,797 total1,434 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The aircraft lost power on both engines, resulting in a forced landing. Investigation yielded no fuel contamination or mechanical malfunction. Fuel gauges indicated approximately 150LBS. Of fuel in left side and 200 on the right side have transfer pumps to move fuel to the nacelle tanks. The pilot operating manual states that the wings will gravity feed the nacelles up to 28 gallons remaining in the wing tanks. During the investigation, no mechanical problems were found with the transfer pumps. Upon turning the pumps on, the remaining 28 gallons began began movement to the nacelles, filters were checked clean, and the engines operated normally. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER ON BOTH ENGINES, RESULTING IN A FORCED LANDING. INVESTIGATION YIELDED NO FUEL CONTAMINATION OR MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION. FUEL GAUGES INDICATED APPROXIMATELY 150LBS. OF FUEL IN LEFT SIDE AND 200 ON THE RIGHT SIDE HAVE TRANSFER PUMPS TO MOVE FUEL TO THE NACELLE TANKS. THE PILOT OPERATING MANUAL STATES THAT THE WINGS WILL GRAVITY FEED THE NACELLES UP TO 28 GALLONS REMAINING IN THE WING TANKS. DURING THE INVESTIGATION, NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WERE FOUND WITH THE TRANSFER PUMPS. UPON TURNING THE PUMPS ON, THE REMAINING 28 GALLONS BEGAN BEGAN MOVEMENT TO THE NACELLES, FILTERS WERE CHECKED CLEAN, AND THE ENGINES OPERATED NORMALLY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^