# NTSB FTW83LA197: Beech 95-B55, N599VK, Gage, OK, April 20, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 20, 1983, 13:24 local (19:24 UTC)
- Place: Gage, OK
- Coordinates: 36.310615, -99.750244 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3106&lon=-99.7502&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 20870
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA197
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20870/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA197

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - ground (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT MADE A FORCED LANDING OFF ARPT AFTER THE ENGINE QUIT. THE WEATHER WAS VMC AND NO FLT PLAN WAS FILED. THIS WAS ACROSS-COUNTRY FLT FROM LOS ANGELES, CA TO BOLIVAR, MO WITH A FUEL STOP AT GAGE, OK. THE FLT CRASHED 900 FT SHORT OF THE RWY AT GAGE, OK. POSTCRASH INVESTIGATION BY THE ARPT MANAGER REVEALED AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE TANKS. AN ON SCENE INVESTIGATION BY A CONTINENTAL REPRESENTATIVE REVEALED NO FUEL IN THE SPIDER VALVE AND NO DRAINABLE FUEL IN ANY OF THE FUEL LINES. THE ARPT MANAGER VISUALLY CHECKED THE COCKPIT FUEL GAUGES FINDING THE LEFT TANK INDICATING EMPTY AND THE RIGHT 1/8 FULL. THE ACFT HAD FLOWN ABOUT 5 HOURS AND 24 MINUTES WHICH WOULD INDICATE FUEL CONSUMPTION OF ABOUT 138 GALLONS OF FUEL. THE ACFT HOLDS 142 GALLONS OF FUEL, OF WHICH 136 IS CONSIDERED USEABLE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N599VK](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N599VK), registered now, S/N TC-1346, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-B55
- 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-1346
- Airframe hours: 22002
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-L 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: J. R. Machine Co.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, August 14, 1982
- Departed: WHP, LOS ANGELES, CA
- Airport: GAG, Gage Shattuck, runway 17, 5,435 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,549 total, 337 in this make and model, 1,474 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: GAG, 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 19830420014659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830420014659A), Apr 20, 1983: Beech 95B55, Gage, OK, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing after engines quit from fuel exhaustion.

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. Compare the reported make and model.

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