# NTSB CEN18LA361: Beech 55, N10DS, Waupaca, WI, September 1, 2018 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report - Date: August 31, 2018, 23:20 local (Sep 1, 2018, 04:20 UTC) - Place: Waupaca, WI - Coordinates: 44.342777, -89.025276 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3428&lon=-89.0253&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 1 serious - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 3 - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 98210 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN18LA361 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98210/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=98210 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA361 ## Probable cause The total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Fluids: fuel](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010): Aircraft › Fluids/misc hardware · Fluid level (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 95-B55 (T42A), 15 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010/cases.md?model=1152706), [All aircraft, 1,695 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010/cases.md) - [Intentional act: criminal/illegal act](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02051030): Personnel issues › Miscellaneous · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 95-B55 (T42A), 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02051030/cases.md?model=1152706), [All aircraft, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02051030/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech 95-B55 (T42A), 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192/sequence.md?model=1152706), [All aircraft, 804 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192/sequence.md) - [Emergency descent: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440); cases with it: [Beech 95-B55 (T42A), 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md?model=1152706), [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot departed in his airplane to evade law enforcement officers and flew to an airport to refuel. Law enforcement was awaiting him at that airport, so he did not land and refuel the airplane. During approach to another airport, the airplane impacted a cornfield and the fuselage and wings sustained substantial damage. No fuel was found in the airplane; thus, the airplane experienced a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. ## Factual narrative On August 31, 2018, at 2320 central daylight time, a Beech 55 airplane, N10DS, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Waupaca, Wisconsin. The pilot was seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. According to information obtained by the responding Federal Aviation Administration inspector, the pilot was involved in a domestic incident against his wife. The police pursued the pilot, who went to the Oshkosh Airport (OSH), Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and entered his own airplane. He was instructed to not take off by the tower controller but departed the airport anyway. The pilot flew to Stevens Point Municipal Airport (STE), Stevens Points, Wisconsin, to refuel the airplane, but was met by law enforcement after he landed, so he departed STE, without refueling. During the approach to the Waupaca Municipal Airport (PCZ), Waupaca, Wisconsin, the airplane collided with terrain in a cornfield, about 1/2 to 1 mile northwest of the airport. Substantial damage was sustained to the airplane's fuselage and wings. A postaccident examination of the airplane did not find any fuel in the fuel tanks or lines. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N10DS](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10DS-2019-08-05), registration cancelled 2019-08-05, S/N TC-943 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Beech 55 (95B55) - Registry model: [Beech 95-B55 (T42A)](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (registry code 1152706) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: TC-943 - Engines: Continental IO-470 SER 260 horsepower reciprocating; Continental IO-470 SER 260 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: OSH, Oshkosh, WI - Destination: PCZ, Waupaca, WI - Airport: PCZ, Waupaca Muni, runway 13, 3,899 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 47; injuries: serious; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, unknown; seat: left ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night - Wind: 160° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 70 °F - Altimeter: 29.94 inHg - Observed at: KPCZ, 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 20180831012679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180831012679A), Aug 31, 2018: Beech 95-B55 (T42A), Waupaca, WI, Substantial damage. On 08/31/2018 pilot, in an attempt to run from police went to oshkosh (osh), jumped into his aircraft and departed without clearance. He went to stevens point… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 23, 2020, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=98210. 371 KB in all. - NTSB Form 6120 not received (item 1, .PDF, 50 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40485524&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=NTSB%20Form%206120%20not%20received-Master.PDF - WCSO Press Release (item 2, .PDF, 270 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40485525&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=WCSO%20Press%20Release-Master.PDF - Accident Findings (item 3, .PDF, 51 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40485526&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Accident%20Findings-Master.PDF 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. 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