# NTSB investigations: Beech C90: Fuel exhaustion

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB CEN25LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA176.md): Beech C90 · Lancaster, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 28, 2025 · N501MS · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a total loss of power to both engines.
- [NTSB CEN18LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA047.md): Beech C90 · Rockford, IL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 5, 2017 · N500KR · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and his decision to depart without the required fuel reserve, which resulted in fuel exhaustion during a night approach and subsequent loss of engine power.
- [NTSB CEN14FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA035.md): Beech C90 · Springdale, AR · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 1, 2013 · N269JG · Destroyed
  > A total loss of power to both engines due to fuel exhaustion. Also causal were the pilot’s reliance on the fuel totalizer rather than the fuel quantity gauges to determine the fuel on board and his improper fuel planning.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1152913', '1153928')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND s.aircrafts_position = x.position AND s."tier2Number" = '192' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE "isDefiningEvent")))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192/sequence?model=1152913

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