# Accident 20010517010959A: Beech 95C55, St Cloud, MN, May 17, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2001, 11:48 local time
- Place: St Cloud, MN
- Airport: St Cloud Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5298° N, 94.0591° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5298&lon=-94.0591&mi=10
- Aircraft: N633K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N633K-2004-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-C55 (registry code 1152708, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-c55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95C55
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01FA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01FA139) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010517010959A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON TAKE OFF AT 200 FT AGL RIGHT ENGINE EXPERIENCED A RAPID DECREASE IN POWER. PILOT TRIED TO RE-START.  TRIED TO CLEAN AIRCRAFT UP.  AIRCRAFT YAWED RIGHT AND NOSE DOWN.  PILOT APPLIED LEFT RUDDER.  PILOT COULD NOT RECOVER TO LEVEL ATTITUDE.  AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES ON AIRPORT.                 (.19)ON MAY 17, 2001, ABOUT 1148 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH 95-C55, N633K, PILOTED BY AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, WAS DESTROYED ON IMPACT WITH TREES AND TERRAIN FOLLOWING AN IN-FLIGHT LOSS OF ENGINE POWER ON INITIAL CLIMB OUT FROM RUNWAY 31 (5,200 FEET BY 100 FEET, DRY, ASPHALT) AT ST. CLOUD REGIONAL AIRPORT (STC), NEAR ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE. THE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND WAS DESTINED FOR WINSTED MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, NEAR WINSTED, MINNESOTA.DURING A POLICE INTERVIEW, A WITNESS STATED, "HE WAS TAXIING ON THE RUNWAY WITH A STUDENT OF HIS, .... THAT HE OBSERVED THE PLANE TAKING OFF GOING TO AN ESTIMATED HEIGHT OF ABOUT 200 FEET. [THE WITNESS] STATED THE PLANE ALL OF A SU DDEN BEGAN TO BANK, LIKE IT WAS GOING TO MAKE A TURN AND HEAD NORTH. THE PLANE THEN INVERTED AND THEN THE RIGHT WING BEGAN TO DIP UNDER. THE PLANE THEN WENT STRAIGHT DOWN INTO THE WOODED AREA NEXT TO THE RUNWAY." DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR, THE PILOT STATED, "I WAS ABOUT 150' ALTITUDE AND THE RIGHT ENGINE 'ROLLED BACK ON POWER', .... I TRIED TO RE-START THE RIGHT ENGINE BUT HAD NO TIME." THE PILOT STATED THAT "WHEN THE ENGINE ROLLED BACK THAT THE AIRCRAFT YAWED AND THE NOSE STARTED TO DROP." AN ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED. CONTINUITY WAS ESTABLISHED TO ALL FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES. CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS ESTABLISHED TO BOTH ENGINES. BOTH ENGINES PRODUCED A THUMB COMPRESSION AT ALL CYLINDERS. A BLUE COLORED FLUID WAS FOUND IN ALL FUEL BLADDERS, IN FUEL LINES TO THE ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMPS, AND IN FUEL LINES TO THE DISTRIBUTION VALVE.

## 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 CHI01FA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01FA139), May 17, 2001: Beech 95-C55 (N633K), St Cloud, MN, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot not maintaining aircraft control during the loss of right engine power during initial climb. Factors were the loss of right engine power for an undetermined reason, the pilot not complying…

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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