# Accident 20190818014059A: Beech 95-B55, Newark, DE, August 18, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2019, 10:00 local time
- Place: Newark, DE
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6906° N, 75.6383° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6906&lon=-75.6383&mi=10
- Aircraft: N678DM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N678DM-2022-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (registry code 1152705, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470 series (registry code 17044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-B55
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-470 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 585 total, 27 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19FA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA250) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190818014059A

## Narrative

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

N678DM DEPARTED RUNWAY 32 AT ILG AND SHORTLY AFTER LIFTOFF CALLED THE TOWER AND STATED HE NEEDED TO LAND.  HE WAS THEN CLEARED BY TOWER TO LAND ANY RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED 1.5 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED NEAR VERTICALLY THROUGH TALL TREES AND WAS DESTROYED ON IMPACT.

## 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 ERA19FA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA250), Aug 18, 2019: Beech 95B55 (N678DM), Wilmington, DE, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilots’ failure to place the left fuel selector into the proper position, which resulted in a total loss of the left engine’s power due to fuel starvation. Contributing was their failure to…

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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