# Accident 20091006024409A: Beech 100BEECH, Aurora, TX, October 6, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2009, 14:00 local time
- Place: Aurora, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0500° N, 97.4594° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0500&lon=-97.4594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2TX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2TX-2009-11-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B100 (registry code 1152919, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 100BEECH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,125 total, 103 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091006024409A

## Narrative

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

PIC LAWRENCE PURCHASED FIFTY (50) GALLONS OF JET FUEL AT WILEY POST AIRPORT IN OKLAHOMA CITY FOR THE IFR FLIGHT BACK TO MEACHAM TEXAS. N2TX WAS ON IFR FLIGHT PLANE FROM WILEY POST AIRPORT OIC TO FOR WORTH MEACHAM TEXAS WHEN A/C LOST FUEL PRESSURE DUE TO FUEL STARVATON.  PIC DECLARED EMERGENCY DUE TO LOSS OF FUEL PRESSURE IN BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT ENGINE.  PIC STATED TO ATC THAT HE WAS TRYING TO START ENGINES AND WAS UNABLE TO START THE ENGINES.  PIC ATTEMPTED TO DESCEND WITHOUT POWER TO COPELAND AIRPORT AT EAGLE MOUNTAIN LAKE TEXAS WITH THE HELP OF ATC.  AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A FIELD AND CAME TO REST ON A STOCK POND BANK.  THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL SPILLAGE ON THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT FOR ANY AREAS WHERE THE PLANE CAME TO REST.  LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT SECURED THE CRASH SITE NTSB ASSUMED CONTROL OF THE ACCIDENT SITE ON OCTOBER 7, 2009.

## 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 CEN10FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA007), Oct 6, 2009: Beech 100 (N2TX), Aurora, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's inadequate fuel management.

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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