- Date
- July 10, 1987, 19:15 local (Jul 11, 1987, 02:15 UTC)
- Place
- Riverside, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N99CPBeech D18S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870710034399A
- Case key
- 25635
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft had not been flown for svrl years & was on a flt to ferry it to another location. While cruising at 7500', the plt decided to start using aux fuel. Shortly after moving the fuel selectors to the aux psn, both engs lost power & would not restart. The plt landed on a road, but the wings struck posts/mailboxes & then the acft hit a dirt bank. Fuel samples were taken & a visual exam revealed obvious contamination & discoloration. The acft had been given an annual inspn just before the flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99CP
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A11
- Airframe hours
- 5,297
- Engine
- P&W R-985-14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arizona Air Power Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 10, 1987 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- LBG · Long Beach, CA
- Destination
- BNG · Banning, CA
- Airport
- RAL · Riverside Muni
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,300 total · 158 in this make and model · 9,300 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RAL, 5 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.