# Accident 20111117030359A: Beech 95-C55, Harrison Valley, PA, November 17, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 2011, 16:20 local time
- Place: Harrison Valley, PA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9392° N, 77.6919° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9392&lon=-77.6919&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54552, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54552-2013-09-09) (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 95-C55
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,200 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12FA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111117030359A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 17, 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 1620 HOURS EASTERN TIME (ET), AIRCRAFT N54552, A BEECHCRAFT BE 95-C55, SERIAL NUMBER TE-37, OWNED BY EKL LEASING CORPORATION, CRASHED INTO A HOMEOWNER'S GARAGE LOCATED AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHILE ENROUTE FROM NEW CASTLE AIRPORT (KILG) IN WILMINGTON, DELAWARE TO BUFFALO AIRFIELD (9G0) IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK.  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KILG FOR 9G0 AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 HOURS ET.  THE PRIVATE BUSINESS FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER PART 91 OPERATING RULES ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN.    THE FOUR OCCUPANTS, INCLUDING THE PILOT (AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT WITH MULTIPLE TYPE RATINGS) EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT AND WERE TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITALS WITH MINOR INJURIES.AIRCRAFT N54552 AS WELL AS THE HOMEOWNER'S GARAGE AND TREASURED CAR COLLECTION WERE ULTIMATELY DESTROYED IN THE POST CRASH FIRE WHEN AVIATION GAS FROM THE AIRCRAFT DRAINED INTO THE HOMEOWNER'S OPERATING COAL FURNACE IGNITING A SIGNIFICANT FIRE FUELED BY TONS OF STORED COAL.  DUE TO THE INTENSITY OF THE FIRE, THE REMAINS OF AIRCRAFT N54552 AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE WERE SPARSE TO NON-EXISTENT.

## 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 ERA12FA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA074), Nov 17, 2011: Beech 95-C55 (N54552), Ulysses, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of left engine power due to fuel starvation, and the pilot’s improper configuration of the fuel system during remedial actions, which resulted in fuel starvation of the right engine.…

## Other reports on N54552 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19870430012169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870430012169A), Apr 30, 1987: Beech 95C55 (N54552), Titusville, FL, Substantial damage. The aircraft ran out of fuel and landed short of the runway. Fuel purchased, flight continued in damage aircraft.

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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