- Date
- April 30, 1987, 10:56 local (14:56 UTC)
- Place
- Titusville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N54552Beech 95-C55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870430012169A
- Case key
- 31907
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Flt experienced complete loss of power in both engines due to fuel exhaustion. While attempting a forced landing at an airport the aircraft touched down 200 feet short of the runway and then rolled up onto the runway. The aircraft was substantially damaged in the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54552
- Reported as
- Beech 95-C55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TE-37
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Russel D.Sink
- Registered owner
- Carl A. Warmack
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Special flight (Special); Standard, Normal
- Departed
- W98 · Chesterfield, VA
- Destination
- 34J · New Smyrna, FL
- Airport
- TIX · Titusville-Cocoa, runway 18, 6,001 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,548 total · 14 in this make and model · 1,386 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TIX
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 N54552 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.