# Accident 20090813012879A: Beech A60, Minidoka, ID, August 13, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2009, 16:03 local time
- Place: Minidoka, ID
- Airport: Bear Trap
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9794° N, 113.3447° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9794&lon=-113.3447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99BE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99BE-2010-10-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A60 (registry code 1153604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-541 series (registry code 41536, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-541-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A60
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 2 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA396](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA396) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090813012879A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 13, 2009 AT 1603 THE REGIONAL POCATELLO TOWER RECEIVED AN EMERGNECY CALL FROM N99BE STATING HE HAD HIS R/H ENGINE SHUTDOWN IN FLIGHT.  WITHIN FOUR MORE MINUTES N99BE CALLED THREE MORE TIMES WITH THE FINAL CALL STATING BOTH ENGINES WERE DOWN AND HE WAS GLIDING TO BEAR TRAP AIRPORT.  THE PILOT FEATHERED BOTH ENGINES BUT OVERSHOT THE APPROACH AND ATTEMPTED A NO POWER GO AROUND.  HE LOST AIRSPEED AND PUT HIS AIRCRAFT DOWN ABOUT A HALF MILE NORTH EAST OF THE AIRPORT.  ON TOUCH DOWN HE WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL FOR 120 YARDS BEFORE CROSSING AN OLD DIRT ROAD, BREAKING OFF THE NOSE GEAR FLIPPING HIS AIRCRAFT OVR ON ITS TOP.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND BOTH ENGINE MOUNTS WERE BROKEN OFF THE AIRFRAME.  RUDDER AND WING DAMAGE WERE NOTE WITH THE RUDDER BEING BENT ALMOST OFF THE AFT OF THE AIRFRAME.  INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO FUEL IN ITS TANKS WITH NO FUEL SPILL ON GROUND OR LEAKS NOTED.  THE PILOT WAS PRESENT DURING THE INSPECTION AND DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE DIDN'T HAVE FUEL BUT CONCURRED THERE WAS NOT FUEL PRESENT IN THE TANKS OR LINES.

## 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 WPR09LA396](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA396), Aug 13, 2009: Beech A60 (N99BE), Minidoka, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's inadequate fuel planning.

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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