# NTSB FTW84LA304: Beech 95-B55, N55HT, Lubbock, TX, July 7, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 7, 1984, 18:35 local (23:35 UTC)
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Location: 33.4982° N, 101.8115° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from LUBBOCK EXEC AIRPARK (F82), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4982&lon=-101.8115&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21390
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA304
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21390/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA304

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(partial) - nonmechanical, descent - normal
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - fuel tank selector position - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in kind of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - base turn
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - emergency procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft performance,two or more engines - inoperative
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - performed, pilot in command

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55HT-2013-04-18), registration cancelled 2013-04-18, S/N TC-542, built 1963 (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-542
- Airframe hours: 4829
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840707030579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840707030579A), Jul 7, 1984: Beech 95B55, Lubbock, TX, Destroyed. Right engine, fuel exhaustion on aux tank, main had 15 gallons. Left engine out of fuel, main and aux.

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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