# NTSB ATL85FA213: Beech 99, N95WA, Louisville, KY, July 16, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: July 16, 1985, 05:30 local (09:30 UTC)
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Location: 38.2029° N, 85.7397° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from LOUISVILLE MUHAMMAD ALI INTL (SDF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2029&lon=-85.7397&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6625
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85FA213
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6625/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85FA213

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, climb - to cruise
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (contributing factor)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel supply - not identified, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - propeller feathering - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHILE ENROUTE TO 8000 FT, BOTH ENG LOST ALL POWER. THE PLTS ATTEMPTED RETURN TO THE DEPARTURE A/P WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. HE MADE AN EMERG LDG ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. ALL LANDING GEAR WAS DAMAGED. THE FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY. THERE WERE CONFLICTING FUEL QUANTITY INDICATIONS PRIOR TO T/O. NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DETERMINE THE ACTUAL FUEL QUANTITY PRIOR TO FLT. THE A/C HAD A HISTORY OF FUEL QUANTITY INDICATING PROBLEMS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N95WA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N95WA), registered now, S/N U-6, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 99
- Registry model: [Beech 99](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-99) (registry code 1154002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [U/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP](https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6-ser-578hp) (registry code 61501, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U-6
- Airframe hours: 25576
- Engines: P&W PT6A-20 550 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: H & D Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner: James M. Mills, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 9, 1985, 12 hours before
- Departed: SDF, LOUISVILLE, KY
- Destination: HUF, TERRE HAUTE, IN
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: SDF, Standiford

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; flight instructor, private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 11,233 total, 560 in this make and model, 11,233 as pilot in command, 108 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SDF, 1 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850716031369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850716031369A), Jul 16, 1985: Beech 99, Louisville, KY, Substantial damage. Failure to visually check fuel quantity. Led to fuel exhaustion. Landing on interstate. Wrong fuel selector switch.

## Other investigations on N95WA (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 ATL82IA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82IA109), Apr 18, 1982: Beech BE-99 (N95WA), Asheville, NC, incident, minor damage

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.

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