# Accident 20221105017759A: Beech B-60, West Babylon, NY, November 5, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 2022, 13:45 local time
- Place: West Babylon, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7381° N, 73.3928° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7381&lon=-73.3928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51AL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51AL) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,698 total, 173 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA23LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221105017759A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED BVT HEADING TO FRG. ON APPROACH LEFT ENGINE FAILED AND RIGHT ENGINE LOST POWER. PILOT LANDED IN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CEMETERY APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE FROM FRG. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. BOTH PILOT AND PASSENGER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. GROUND WHERE AIRCRAFT LANDED HAD DAMAGE. THE AREA AND AIRCRAFT DID NOT SHOW ANY EVIDENCE OF FUEL SPILLAGE. TANKS WERE TORN OPEN. WINGS, FLIGHT CONTROLS, NOSE, BELLY AND GEARS SHOW SUSSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

UPON DISCUSSION WITH PILOT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE FAILED TOCONFIRM FUEL QUANTITY IN THE AIRCRAFT. HE UTILIZED A FLAWED PROCEDURE THAT INVOLVED RELYING ON THE FUELING RECEIPT FROM THE FBO RATHER THAN VISUALLY CHECKING TANKS, AS THE TANKS ON THIS AIRCRAFT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE INTO THE FUEL TANKS AND WILL NOT PROVIDE AN ACCURATE READ VISUALLY.  ON THIS DAY OF THE ACCIDENT, HE RECEIVED A RECEIPT BUT DIDN'T LOOK AT IT, ASSUMING IT WAS THE FUEL RECEIPT.  IT WAS NOT, IT WAS A RECEIPT FOR HIS HANGAR RENT.  HE ALSO RELIED ON THE FUEL QUANTITY ON HIS ENGINE MONITORING SYSTEM (WHICH READS FUEL THAT HE INPUTS), RATHER THAN THE ANALOG FUEL GAUGES, WHICH WOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM AN INDICATION THAT HE WAS LOW ON FUEL.  HIS CORRECTIVE ACTION IS THAT HE IS NOT GOING TO FLY SINGLE PILOT ANYMORE, AND HE IS GOING TO PHYSICALLY OBSERVE HIS AIRCRAFT BEING FUELED AND NOT ASSUME IT WAS DONE.  ADDITIONALLY, HE WILL BE LOOKING IN THE FUEL TANKS TO ENSURE THERE IS FUEL.

## 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 ERA23LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA050), Nov 5, 2022: Beech B-60 (N51AL), Farmingdale, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper preflight inspection of the airplane’s fuel system, resulting in him commencing the flight with an inadequate fuel supply.

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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