- Date
- January 15, 1987, 10:05 local (16:05 UTC)
- Place
- Brownsville, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1590SBeech 65-80
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870115000519A
- Case key
- 22228
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Analysis
Commercial pilot departed Brownsville, TX (bro) on special VFR flight plan. During initial climb, at approximately 300 ft AGL both engines quit due to fuel starvation. Forced landing was made to unimproved field. Aircraft sustained substantial damage. Pilot and three passenger were uninjured. Aircraft had approximately 39 gallons of fuel in two auxiliary fuel tanks. Pilot was attempting to reach fuel stop in Mexico in compliance with company policy. Pilot stated that he experieced a single engine landing in an unimproved field due to fuel starvation while attempting to reach fuel stop in Mexico on one other occasion. In both instances revenue passengers were aboard the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1590S
- Reported as
- Beech 65-80
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LD-27
- Airframe hours
- 6,624
- Engine
- Lycoming IGSO-540-A1D, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- H.A.V. Leasing Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 21, 1986 · 57 hours before
- Destination
- MAM · Matamoros
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BRO · Brownsville
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
- 58
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,803 total · 234 in this make and model · 8,696 as pilot in command · 140 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BRO, 4 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.
Other investigations on N1590S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.