# Incident 20010327010369I: Beech 95B55, Montgomery, AL, March 27, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2001, 12:58 local time
- Place: Montgomery, AL
- Airport: Dannelly Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3668° N, 86.3000° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montgomery, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3668&lon=-86.3000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8103R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8103R-2018-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55
- Reported engine: CONT IO470L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010327010369I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE FLIGHT DEPARTED MCALLEN, TEXAS (MFE) ENROUTE TO MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA (MGM) WITH FULL FUEL. PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD DEPLETED THE AUX TANKS AND WAS RUNNING ON MAIN TANKS WHEN HE NOTICED THE LEFT MAIN FUEL TANK HAD 3/4 AND THE RIGHT TANK WAS NEAR EMPTY.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS OVER MONROEVILLE ALABAMA (MVC) WHEN HE ELECTED TO RUN IN CROSSFEED TO EVEN OUT THE FUEL.  THE PILOT STATED THAT EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL UNTIL SHORT FINAL AT (MGM) WHEN BOTH ENGINES QUIT AT THE SAME TIME.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE HE WOULD MAKE THE RUNWAY WITH THE LANDING GEAR DOWN SO HE ELECTED TO RAISE THE GEAR AND FEATHER THE PROPS.  THE AIRPLANE LANDED GEAR UP, VERY NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE RUNWAY, WITH NO INJURIES AND VERY LITTLE DAMAGETO THE AIRCRAFT.  POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED THE LEFT FUEL BLADDER WAS SUCKED UP TO THE FUEL CAP, CAUSING THE FUEL FLOAT TO GIVE A FALSE INDICATION.  THIS WAS CAUSED BY A CLOGGED FUEL VENT.  THIS ALSO CAUSED FUEL TO BE TRAPPED AWAY FROM THE FUEL PICKUP.  PREFLIGHT AND POST FLIGHT PLANNING INDICATED THAT THERE SHOULD HEVE BEEN ADEQUATE FUEL TO REACH DESTINATION AND AN ALTERNATE EVEN THOUGH ALTERNATE WAS NOT REQUIRED.

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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