# Accident 20120223003659A: Beech 58, Cypress, TX, February 23, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2012, 18:59 local time
- Place: Cypress, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9598° N, 95.6894° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9598&lon=-95.6894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99EZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99EZ-2015-04-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,260 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA169) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120223003659A

## Narrative

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

PIC WAS INBOUND TO WEST HOUSTON, TEXAS (KITW) FROM VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI (KVKS) ON 02/23/2012.  THE FLIGHT ACCORDING TO THE GPS IN THE AIRCRAFT LASTED 2.2 HOURS.  PIC DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN AND FLEW ALL THE WAY VFR UNTIL HE REACHED THE HOUSTON AREA WHERE HE OBTAINED A LOCAL IFR CLEARANCE TO BE ABLE TO GET IN TO KITW BECAUSE OF A LOW OVERCAST LAYER.  THE PILOT WAS BEING VECTORED TO THE FINAL APPROACH COUSRE FOR THE GPS 15 WHEN HE SAW KITW AND REQUESTED A VISUAL APPROACH.  A FEW MINUTES LATER HE NOTICED THE CEILING WAS DROPPING DOWN LOWER SO HE ATTEMPTED TO SCUD RUN UNDER THE LAYER.  WHEN ATC WARNED HIM THAT THEY JUST RECEIVED A LOW ALTITUDE ALERT HIS RIGHT ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH.  HE REACHED OVER AND TURNED ON THE RIGHT ENGINE FUEL BOOST PUMP AND THE ENGINE SMOOTHED OUT SO HE THOUGHT THE RIGHT ENGINE MECHANCAL FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED.  NOT LONG AFTER THAT BOTH ENGINES QUIT.  THE PILOT SAW A BASEBALL FIELD AND TRIED TO USE THAT AS HIS EMERGENCY LANDING FIELD BUT HE SAW CHILDREN ON IT SO HE THEN CHOOSE THE ROAD NEXT TO THE FIELD BUT FAILED BECAUSE OF HIM BEING AT SUCH A LOW ALTITUDE.  THE AIRPLANE HIT THE GROUND ON A SCHOOL PLAY GROUND WITH THE GEAR DOWN WITH SUCH GREAT FORCE THAT IT COLLAPSED ALL THE WHEELS THEN SLID ABOUT 100 FEET STRICKING A TELEPHONE POLE TEARING OF THE RIGHT WING JUST OUTSIDE OF THE ENGINE COWLING.  AT THE ACCIDENT SITE I SAW NO EVIDENCE OF A FIRE AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL SPILLAGE.  CHECKED BOTH TANKS AND FOUND BOTH OF THEM DRY.  THE PILOT WALKED AWAY FROM THE ACCIDENT SCENE. LATER HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A BACK INJURY. RELEASED A FEW DAYS LATER NOT REQUIRING SURGERY.

## 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 CEN12LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA169), Feb 24, 2012: Beech 58 (N99EZ), Cypress, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper preflight planning/preparation and in-flight fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion during the approach to the destination airport.

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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