# NTSB MIA86FA113: Beech 65-90, N58KA, Fort Pierce, FL, April 6, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 5, 1986, 19:12 local (Apr 6, 1986, 00:12 UTC)
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31494
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86FA113
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31494/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86FA113

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent - normal
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight manuals - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58KA-2012-09-21), registration cancelled 2012-09-21, S/N LJ-58, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65-90
- Registry model: [Beech 65-90](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-90) (registry code 1152904) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (registry code 52043, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: LJ-58
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860405009829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860405009829A), Apr 5, 1986: Beech 6590, Fort Pierce, FL, Substantial damage. The aircraft was forced to land after dual engine flame out. The pilot was unaware of proper fuel system operation.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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