- Date
- July 7, 1984, 18:35 local (23:35 UTC)
- Place
- Lubbock, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N55HTBeech 95-B55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840707030579A
- Case key
- 21390
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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
According to the plt, the right eng lost power & during the approach to the arpt, the left eng also lost power. Subsequently, he made a wheels up landing in a cotton field & the acft was damaged. The plt indicated that he was distracted in his attempts to restart the right eng & failed to switch the fuel selector to another tank. An exam revealed that the left main as well as the left & right aux tanks were empty. The right main tank contained 15 gals of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55HT
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-542
- Airframe hours
- 4,829
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bob Santel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 20, 1984
- Departed
- Unknown
- Destination
- F82 · Lubbock, TX
- Airport
- F82 · Town And Country
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 371 total · 12 in this make and model · 284 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBB, 11 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.