- Date
- October 18, 2000, 19:30 local (Oct 19, 2000, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- New Ulm, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2016FBeech 95-C55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20001018016119A
- Case key
- 50525
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Probable cause
The engine failure for undetermined reasons, the pilot not attaining proper runway alignment, and the misjudged flare by the pilot. A factor was the runway light.
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 attempted to land the multi-engine airplane on the remaining runway following a loss of engine power on takeoff. The aircraft landed hard and struck a runway light.
Factual narrative
On October 18, 2000, at 1930 central daylight time, a Beech model 95-C55, N2016F, piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage during a precautionary landing following a reported loss of engine power on initial climb following takeoff from runway 15 (4,401 feet by 75 feet, dry asphalt) at the New Ulm Municipal Airport, New Ulm, Minnesota. The flight was conducted under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 and was not on a flight plan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot, who was the sole occupant, was not injured. The flight was originating at the time of the accident and was en route to the Flying Cloud Airport, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
In a written statement, the pilot said that he experienced a loss of engine power shortly takeoff at about 25 to 50 feet above ground level, prior to landing gear retraction. He said that it appeared to be the left engine that lost power. He said that he closed the throttles and attempted to land on the remaining runway but the airplane had drifted to the right and he landed hard and struck a runway light.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2016F
- Reported as
- Beech 95-C55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TE-11
- Airframe hours
- 4,598
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Terry M. Schneider
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 19, 2000
- Departed
- ULM
- Destination
- FCM · Minneapolis, MN
- Airport
- ULM · New Ulm Municipal Arpt, runway 15, 4,401 × 75 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
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,408 total · 19 in this make and model · 57 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 142 °F, dew point 106 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ULM
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 N2016F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.