- Date
- August 12, 1990, 15:37 local (20:37 UTC)
- Place
- Faribault, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9906RBeech BE 95
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900812033299A
- Case key
- 14748
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper inflight decision and his improper execution of the chosen emergency procedure.
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 twin-engine airplane lost right engine power at 200 feet on final approach. The pilot retracted landing gear and attempted to go around single engine. The airplane struck ground with its right wingtip and cartwheeled. Pilot stated he experienced lateral control difficulty. No mechanical discrepancy was found with flight controls, right engine or fuel system. Auxilliary fuel cells contained 3.2 gallons right and 0.4 gallons left. The airplane owner's manual states auxilliary tank fuel below 3 gallons on either side is unuseable. Main fuel tanks were full. The fuel quantity gage selector was found in the aux position. The pilot stated he turned the fuel tank selector off after the crash but had selected main tanks prior to landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9906R
- Reported as
- Beech BE 95
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TD 368
- Airframe hours
- 4,274
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert J. Licktieg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 9, 1990 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- SBN · South Bend, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FBL · Faribault Muni., runway 30, 4,254 × 72 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
- 58
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,918 total · 50 in this make and model · 8,400 as pilot in command · 147 in the last 90 days · 64 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.