- Date
- March 9, 1990, 22:30 local (Mar 10, 1990, 05:30 UTC)
- Place
- Calhan, CO
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6025SBeech B-60
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900309003799A
- Case key
- 17902
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Probable cause
Fuel starvation induced power loss due to improper inflight planning and decisions.
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
Both engines quit simultaneously at 15,000 feet MSL, during normal IFR cruise flight. The commercial pilot said he declared an emergency and was vectored to the nearest airport, Calhan, Colorado. He restarted the right engine and circled to turn on the radio controlled runway lights. The pilot failed to see the runway lights and was unable to locate the unmanned airport. He selected a roadway and landed. During the landing roll, the right wing struck a fence, then the aircraft entered a ditch and the landing gear collapsed. The right wing, fuselage, nose and landing gear were damaged and bent. The pilot said the flight left houston with full fuel tanks and his computations indicated there was adequate fuel for the flight. Post-accident investigation revealed that the left fuel tank was empty and the right tank contained seven gallons of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6025S
- Reported as
- Beech B-60
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P-325
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-541, 380 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Cebolla, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- HOU · Houston, TX
- Destination
- APA · Englewood, CO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- NONE · Calhan
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,380 total · 425 in this make and model · 1,380 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.