- Date
- April 5, 1986, 19:12 local (Apr 6, 1986, 00:12 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Pierce, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N58KABeech 65-90
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860405009829A
- Case key
- 31494
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Flt experienced loss of power in both engines due to fuel starvation. The pilots failed to operate fuel transfer switches to transfer fuel from the wing tanks into the nacelle tanks which feed the engines. The pilot in command had 16 total hours in the king air and had not been to a ground school on the aircraft. The pilot seated in the left seat had just received his multiengine rating and was on the flight to gain flight time. This pilot had no previous flight time or schooling on the king air aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58KA
- Reported as
- Beech 65-90
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LJ-58
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-20, 579 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- James Watkins, doing business as Sunray Airline Inc.
- Registered owner
- Leonard J. Sallustro
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BQN · Aguadilla, PR
- Destination
- SFB · Sanford, FL
- 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
- 39
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,700 total · 16 in this make and model · 2,620 as pilot in command · 170 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 80° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB, 15 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.