# Accident 20180831012679A: Beech 95-B55 (T42A), Waupaca, WI, August 31, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2018, 11:04 local time
- Place: Waupaca, WI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3428° N, 89.0253° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3428&lon=-89.0253&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10DS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10DS-2019-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-B55 (T42A)
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA361](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA361) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180831012679A

## Narrative

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

ON 08/31/2018 PILOT, IN AN ATTEMPT TO RUN FROM POLICE WENT TO OSHKOSH (OSH), JUMPED INTO HIS AIRCRAFT AND DEPARTED WITHOUT CLEARANCE.  HE WENT TO STEVENS POINT AIRPORT (STE) HOPING TO GET FUEL, POLICE MET HIM THERE AND HE TURNED AROUND AND TOOK OFF.  UNABLE TO REFUEL AIRCRAFT PILOT RAN OUT OF FUEL ONE MILE SHORT OF WAUPACA COUNTY AIRPORT AND CRASHED IN A CORNFIELD.

## 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 CEN18LA361](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA361), Sep 1, 2018: Beech 55 (N10DS), Waupaca, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

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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