# Accident 20251208019809A: Beech 95-C55, Cocoa, FL, December 8, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 2025, 17:40 local time
- Place: Cocoa, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3677° N, 80.7994° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3677&lon=-80.7994&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95KC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N95KC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-C55 (registry code 1152708, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-c55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-C55
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,256 total, 14 in this make and model, 257 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA26LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251208019809A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND COMMERCIAL PILOT DEPARTED THE MERRITT ISLAND AIRPORT TO CONDUCT A PRACTICE CHECKRIDE IN PREPARATION FOR A MULTIENGINE PRACTICAL TEST.  APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR AND 15 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT LANDING ON INTERSTATE 95, STRIKING A CAR, AND SKIDDING TO A STOP AGAINST THE CENTER MEDIAN BARRIER.  THE OCCUPANTS EGRESSED WITH NO INJURIES.  THE ACCIDENT RESULTED IN MINOR INJURIES TO THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE THAT WAS STRUCK.  INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINES FAILED DUE TO FUEL STARVATION CAUSED BY THE MISMANAGEMENT OF THE FUEL SYSTEM.  POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM REVEALED THAT THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1 PINT OF FUEL REMAINING IN EACH OF THE TWO MAIN FUEL TANKS, 11 GALLONS IN THE LEFT AUXILIARY TANK, AND 12 GALLONS IN THE RIGHT AUXILIARY TANK.

## 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 ERA26LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA065), Dec 8, 2025: Beech 95-C55 (N95KC), Cocoa, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight crew’s failure to adequately manage the available fuel onboard the airplane, which resulted in a total loss of power due to fuel starvation.

## Other reports on N95KC (2)

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

- [Incident 19940329010809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940329010809I), Mar 29, 1994: Beech 95C55 (N95KC), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Electrical failure in flight. Green light on gear down. Gear not fully extendd. Collapsed on rollout.
- [Incident 19940321008809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940321008809I), Mar 21, 1994: Beech 95C55 (N95KC), Dallas, TX. Narrative: on 3-21-94, at approximately 2027 CST, a Beech C55 baron, operated by agamemnon operating, inc., dba cirrusair, departed Dallas Love Field as "night…

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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