- Date
- September 21, 1984, 02:30 local (07:30 UTC)
- Place
- Dallas, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5702VBeech 95-C55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840921072109A
- Case key
- 21477
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Analysis
The acft received subst damage during an emerg landing after loss of power in both left & right engines. The plt landed the acft in a river bed with the gear retracted during the hours of darkness. The acft was serviced with 10 gals of 100LL prior to departure and the plt stated he had about 64 gals in the acft before leaving houston. He also stated that the fuel gages were indicating aprx one-half full when engine failure occurred. When the wreckage was removed from the river bed a minimal amount of fuel was observed in the fuel tanks. No evidence of fuel leakage from the tanks was observed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5702V
- Reported as
- Beech 95-C55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TE-92
- Airframe hours
- 3,288
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Air Exchange
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 7, 1984 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- HOU · Houston, TX
- Destination
- DAL · Dallas, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 1,100 in this make and model · 2,840 as pilot in command · 230 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.