# Accident 20030921024979A: Beech 65A90, Summerville, SC, September 21, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2003, 22:30 local time
- Place: Summerville, SC
- Airport: Summerville Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0511° N, 80.2678° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0511&lon=-80.2678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34HA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34HA-2009-08-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-A90 (registry code 1152908, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65A90
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA144) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030921024979A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN WOODS 11 MILES NW OF CHARLESTON, SC AFTER BOTH ENGINES FAILED. AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM BARNWELL SC TO SUMMERVILLE SC. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT, NO FIRE, NO PAX, PILOT MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 ATL03LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA144), Sep 22, 2003: Beech A90 (N34HA), Summerville, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning which resulted in fuel exhaustion and subsequent loss of engine power.

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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