# NTSB MIA87LA151: Beech 95-C55, N54552, Titusville, FL, April 30, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 30, 1987, 10:56 local (14:56 UTC)
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Coordinates: 28.580196, -80.819267 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5802&lon=-80.8193&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31907
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA151
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31907/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA151

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54552-2013-09-09), registration cancelled 2013-09-09, S/N TE-37, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-C55
- Registry model: [Beech 95-C55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-c55) (registry code 1152708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TE-37
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870430012169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870430012169A), Apr 30, 1987: Beech 95C55, Titusville, FL, Substantial damage. The aircraft ran out of fuel and landed short of the runway. Fuel purchased, flight continued in damage aircraft.

## Other investigations on N54552 (1)

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.

- [NTSB ERA12FA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA074), Nov 17, 2011: Beech 95-C55 (N54552), Ulysses, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of left engine power due to fuel starvation, and the pilot’s improper configuration of the fuel system during remedial actions, which resulted in fuel starvation of the right engine.…

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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