- Date
- December 4, 1990, 20:41 local (Dec 5, 1990, 01:41 UTC)
- Place
- Greer, SC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2000QBeech D-55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901204052789A
- Case key
- 8301
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Probable cause
Fuel starvation. A contributing factor was the pilot's failure to follow normal fuel system operational procedures which resulted in the total loss of engine power.
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 flight was sequenced behind a malibu for landing on runway 03, and the pilot was instructed to allow the malibu ample space for the landing. About 1/2 mile from touchdown the pilot was instructed to go around to allow the malibu time to clear runway 03. The pilot started a go around and reported a dual engine malfunction during the climbout. The flight was cleared to land on any runway. As the pilot turned left toward rwy 21, the acft crashed into a small grove of trees 1100 feet left of the extended center line for runway 21. Examination of the airplane revealed that the pilot had placed the fuel selector valves in the aux position. A placard on the fuel selector valve assembly stated 'use aux tanks and cross feed for level flight only.' Subsequent examinations of the airframe and power plants failed to disclose any mechanical or system malfunction. During the post accident examination, the right engine started and operated, on the airframe, with the existing fuel and supportive systems.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2000Q
- Reported as
- Beech D-55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TE-491
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Kennedy, Charles L.Jr., doing business as Chuck'S Flying Service
- Departed
- CHA · Chattanooga, TN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- GSP · Greenville-Spartanburg, runway 3, 7,600 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,566 total · 850 in this make and model · 2,325 as pilot in command · 158 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 340° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- GSP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.