# Accident 20000926014319A: Beech 9555, Gulfport, MS, September 26, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2000, 19:00 local time
- Place: Gulfport, MS
- Airport: Gulfport-Biloxi Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3802° N, 89.1005° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3802&lon=-89.1005&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9713R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9713R-2004-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-55 (registry code 1152702, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 9555
- Reported engine: CONT IO470L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,900 total, 105 in this make and model, 260 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA272) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000926014319A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, A/C LOST POWER ON APPROACH AND COULD NOT MAKE IT TO THE AIRPORT. LANDED ON HWY 49. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. (.4) THE FLIGHT HAD COMPLETED AN ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 36, WITH A SIMULATED ENGINE OUT, BUT DID NOT TOUCH DOWN. THE AIRPLANE WAS ON FINAL APPROACH WHEN BOTH ENGINES LOST POWER. THE CFI SAID AS WE TURNED ONTO LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 36, '...I SET ZERO THRUST WITH THE [LEFT] THROTTLE AND PROP CONTROL. ABOUT MID FIELD THE RIGHT ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. I TURNED ON BOTH BOOST PUMPS AND PUSHED BOTH PROPS AND THROTTLES FORWARD. THE LEFT ENGINE SURGED A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT COULD NOT PRODUCE POWER. THE RIGHT ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND...WE TURNED TOWARDS THE AIRPORT...I SWITCHED TO AUX ON THE FUEL TANKS AND TRIED TO RESTART TO NO AVAIL...SWITCHED BACK TO MAINS TO NO AVAIL. AT THIS TIME WE WERE ABOUT 400 FEET AGL AND REALIZED WE WOULD NOT MAKE THE AIRPORT. WE TURNED NORTH TO LAND ON HIGHWAY 49...SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE RIGHT WING TIP HIT A LIGHT POST. WE SPUN AROUND AND CAME TO A STOP....' INSPECTION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED SUFFICIENT FUEL. INVESTIGATORS VERIFIED FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY, CONTINUITY OF THE FUEL SYSTEM IN ALL POSITIONS,             THE BOOST PUMPS WORKED, AND THE VENTS WERE CLEAR. BOTH ENGINES WERE REMOVED FROM THE AIRPLANE TO FACILITY TEST RUNS OF THE ENGINES, BOTH ENGINES RAN, AND NO DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND.

## 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 MIA00LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA272), Sep 27, 2000: Beech 95-55 (N9713R), Gulfport, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: a loss of power on both engines, during a simulated engine out approach, resulting in a forced landing and the subsequent on ground impact with a pole.

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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