# Accident 20040817018699A: Beech 65A90, Pensacola, FL, August 17, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2004
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Airport: Ferguson Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3989° N, 87.3486° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3989&lon=-87.3486&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45TT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45TT-2007-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-A90 (registry code 1152908, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP (registry code 61501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6-ser-578hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65A90
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 15 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040817018699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1712 CDT, N45TT, DEPARTED PENSACOLA FERGUSON, 82J, ON RUNWAY 36 ENROUTE TO JACK EDWARDS, JKA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF REFUELING. AFTER TAKEOFF, THE RIGHT ENGINE FAILED DUE TO FUEL STARVATION AND THE PILOT RETRACTED THE GEAR AND FEATHERED THE PROPELLER. HE MADE AN IMMEDIATE LEFT TURN AND RETURNED TO 82J. HE WAS ON FINAL APPROACH ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY 18 WHEN HE REALIZED HE HAD A HIGH RATE OF DESCENT AND HAD NOT EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR SO HE ADDED FULL POWER. THE AIRCRAFT TURNED VIOLENTLY TO THE RIGHT AND WAS HEADING FOR HANGARS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE FIELD. THE PILOT REALIZED HE HAD LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND REDUCED THE POWER TO IDLE AND TRIED TO LEVEL THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO IMPACT. THE RIGHT WING AND NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND THE RIGHT ENGINE AND NOSE COMPARTMENT DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE LEFT WING AND FUSELAGE STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE LEFT ENGINE DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SLID APPROXIMATELY THIRTY FEET AND CAME TO REST ON THE GRASSY AREA NEXT TO THE RUNWAY. BOTH OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH MINOR INJURIES. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY EMS AND WERE RELEASED AFTER BEING TREATED FOR MINOR SUPERFICIAL CUTS AND BRUISES.

## 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 MIA04LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA120), Aug 17, 2004: Beech 65-A90 (N45TT), Pensacola, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate planning/decision and his failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in fuel exhaustion and an inadvertent stall.

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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