- Date
- April 9, 1988, 17:53 local (21:53 UTC)
- Place
- Fayetteville, NC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N66LBeech C50
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880409008079A
- Case key
- 7596
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot reported a fuel pump problem to Fayetteville tower and requested landing. The pilot was cleared to land on runway 04. The controller noticed that the pilot had not lowered the landing gear. The pilot was questioned concerning the gear. Instead of continuing the approach the pilot turned west and was observed circling, then falling below the tree line. The wreckage site examination disclosed that the airplane crashed in nose low attitude along a tree line south of an open field. The examination also disclosed that the fuel pumps on the left engine had failed. The engine driven pump had a shaft failure. The boost pump had an internal short. The left propeller was in the feather position. The open field had ample space for an emergency landing. The right engine was still capable of operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66L
- Reported as
- Beech C50
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CH-136
- Airframe hours
- 4,466
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-480-F1A6, 275 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard A. Earley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1987 · 67 hours before
- Departed
- Lumberton, NC
- Destination
- Wrightstown, NJ
- Airport
- FAY · Grainess, runway 4, 7,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 775 total · 29 in this make and model · 57 in the last 90 days · 39 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N66L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.