# Accident 20191001020719A: Beech 95-B55 (T42A), Grove City, PA, October 1, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2019, 12:00 local time
- Place: Grove City, PA
- Airport: Grove City Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1461° N, 80.1681° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1461&lon=-80.1681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9404Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9404Q-2022-07-02) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,125 total, 20 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191001020719A

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN FLEW FROM GROVE CITY AIRPORT TO GREENVILLE AIRPORT (OVERFLEW WITH NO STOP) WITH A FLIGHT DURATION OF TEN MINUTES. AIRMAN STATED AT ONE POINT DURING HIS RETURN TO GROVE CITY HE HAD ONE EIGHTH OF A TANK AND THAT THAT FUEL BURN WAS 15 GALLONS PER HOUR PER WING. HE STATED HE FLEW FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF HOUR. AT ONE EIGHTH OF A TANK IT IS ESTIMATED THAT HE HAD 20 MINUTES OF FUEL.  AIRMAN STATED THAT HE WAS BELOW GLIDEPATH AND APPLIED POWER. AIRMAN STATED THAT THE  LEFT ENGINE STOPPED PRODUCING POWER.  AIRMAN STATED HE DID NOT KNOW HOW MUCH FUEL HE HAD AT TAKEOFF. AIRMAN STATED THAT HE HAD NO APPARENT ANOMALIES WITH LEFT ENGINE PRIOR TO THE ENGINE SHUTTING DOWN ON FINAL APPROACH.

## 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 ERA20LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA052), Oct 1, 2019: Beech 55 (N9404Q), Grove City, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s mismanagement of the airplane’s available fuel, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power to the left engine, and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control of the…

## Other reports on N9404Q (1)

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

- [Incident 20150110000689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150110000689I), Jan 10, 2015: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (N9404Q), Miami, FL, Minor damage. On January 10, 2015 @ approximately 1645 EST aircraft N9404Q landed at Miami executive airport (tmb) on runway 9R. The nose gear collapsed when it contacted…

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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