# Accident 20250428015899A: Beech C90, Lancaster, TX, April 28, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2025, 14:30 local time
- Place: Lancaster, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5900° N, 96.7100° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5900&lon=-96.7100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N501MS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N501MS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C90 (registry code 1152913, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A-27-28 (registry code 61504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-27-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C90
- Reported engine: U/A CANADA PT6A-27-28
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 764 total, 270 in this make and model, 78 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA176) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250428015899A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WHILE ENROUTE TO DAL OVER THE LANCASTER (KLNC) TX AIRPORT.  THE PILOT REPORTED THE LOST OF THE RIGHT ENGINE AND REQUESTED TO LAND AT THE LANCASTER TX AIRPORT.   THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT SUSTAIN FLIGHT AND CRASHED 2 MILES NORTH OF THE LANCASTER AIRPORT.

## 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 CEN25LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA176), Apr 28, 2025: Beech C90 (N501MS), Lancaster, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a total loss of power to both engines.

## Other reports on N501MS (1)

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

- [Incident 20150907015729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150907015729I), Sep 7, 2015: Beech C90 (N501MS), Madison, WI, Minor damage. Madision, WI (msn): lifeguard LN501MS, BE9L, enroute mdw, to st paul, MN (stp), declared emergency when left engine failed; flight diverted and landed at msn…

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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