# Accident 20200129005169A: Beech B-60, Big Spring, TX, January 29, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2020, 17:09 local time
- Place: Big Spring, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0597° N, 101.5858° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0597&lon=-101.5858&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50JR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50JR-2022-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B-60 (registry code 1153605, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-541 series (registry code 41536, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-541-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B-60
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-541 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 30 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20TA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20TA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200129005169A

## Narrative

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

?	ON JANUARY 29, 2020, AT 1709 CST, A BEECHCRAFT BE-60 BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N50JR, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE OWNER, COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN AS IT ATTEMPTED A SINGLE ENGINE APPROACH AND LANDING AT THE EDWARDS LUCIAN WELLS RANCH AIRPORT NEAR BIG SPRING, TX.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A BUSINESS FERRY FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ABILENE, TX ON JANUARY 29, 2020 AT 1600 CST WITH A DESTINATION OF ODESSA SCHLEMEYER FIELD IN ODESSA, TX.

## 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 CEN20TA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20TA071), Jan 29, 2020: Beech 60 (N50JR), Big Spring, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power in both engines due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted in a landing short of the runway.

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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