# Accident 20130803015919A: Beech D55, Conway, SC, August 3, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2013, 12:50 local time
- Place: Conway, SC
- Airport: Conway-Horry
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8617° N, 79.1128° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8617&lon=-79.1128&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7641N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7641N-2018-02-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D55 (registry code 1152730, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D55
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 357 total, 196 in this make and model, 191 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13FA348](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA348) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130803015919A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1240 EST, N7641N, A BEECHCRAFT D55 MULTI-ENGINE AIRCRAFT, FLYING LOW OVER A SUBURB OF CONWAY, SC, STRUCK A TELEPHONE POLE, SPIRALED DOWN, AND CONTACTED A BRICK ENTRANCE SIGN TO A SUBDIVISION. THERE WAS A POSTCRASH FIRE. THE 3 OCCUPANTS ONBOARD SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES TO PERSONS ON THE GROUND. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 22, APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE CONWAY-HORRY COUNTY AIRPORT (HYW).

## 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 ERA13FA348](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA348), Aug 3, 2013: Beech D55 (N7641N), Conway, SC, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control, which resulted from his failure to follow the loss of single engine power checklist procedures after a total loss of right engine power due to fuel starvation.…

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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