- Date
- July 20, 1985, 15:24 local (22:24 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Canyon, AZ
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7474NBeech 95-B55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850720033059A
- Case key
- 24778
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Analysis
The preparing for an air taxi, sightseeing flight, the PIC performed a preflight inspection of the acft & failed to observe that the rt main fuel tank was nearly empty. Five(5) min after takeoff the rt eng's main tank fuel supply was exhausted & the eng lost all pwr. The plt first attempted to restart the eng & then attempted to feather it. He failed to windmill. Unable to sustain flight, the acft descended into terrain from its cruise alt of 600 ft AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7474N
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC1121
- Airframe hours
- 1,760
- Engine
- Continental I0-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Air Vegas, Inc
- Registered owner
- R & S Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · June 11, 1985 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- GCN · Grand Canyon, AZ
- Destination
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- GCN · Grand Canyon
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,300 total · 129 in this make and model · 6,000 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GCN, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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