# Accident 20171102020979A: Beech B95, North Las Vegas, NV, November 2, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 2017, 17:30 local time
- Place: North Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2106° N, 115.1944° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2106&lon=-115.1944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9628R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9628R-2020-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B95 (registry code 1153404, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b95) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B95
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 7 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171102020979A

## Narrative

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

A BEECHCRAFT BE-95 AIRPLANE, CONDUCTING FLIGHT TRAINING UNDER CFR PART 61, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER IMPACTING TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY 3.4 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE NORTH  LAS VEGAS AIRPORT.

THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WERE TRANSPORTED TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL FOR MINOR INJURIES.

THE PILOT HAD REPORTED THE LOSS OF ONE ENGINE JUST PRIOR TO THE EVENT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBMERGED UNDERWATER IN A POND AT THE PANTED DESERT GOLF COURSE.

## 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 WPR18LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA023), Nov 3, 2017: Beech B95 (N9628R), Las Vegas, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s inadequate preflight fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, a total loss of power to both engines, and a subsequent forced landing.

## Other reports on N9628R (3)

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

- [Incident 20080410840369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080410840369I), Apr 10, 2008: Beech B95 (N9628R), San Antonio, TX, Minor damage. (-23) 04-10-2008 At 1455 local, N9628R landed runway 21 at San Antonio (sat). Prior to landing the pilot stated he confirmed gear was down and locked no…
- [Incident 19960514027519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960514027519I), May 14, 1996: Beech B95 (N9628R), New Orleans, LA. Narrative: the pilot stated that at the first power reduction, after reading 1,000' above ground level to 25" manifold pressure and 2500 rounds per minute, he…
- [Incident 19890107006109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890107006109I), Jan 7, 1989: Beech 95 (N9628R), Mc Kinney, TX, Minor damage. On takeoff excessive wind noise after gear retraction. Nose gear swinging. Landed gear up. Retract brace broke.

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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