- Date
- January 7, 1970
- Place
- Hutchinson, KS · HUTCHINSON, KS
- Injuries
- 5 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5896JBeech 95-B55
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 141943
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0178 70/1/7 HUTCHINSON,KANS BEECH 95-B55 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 1525 TIME - 1709 N5896J PX- 0 4 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 775 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUTCHINSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DODGE CITY,KANS HUTCHINSON,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DIDNT SWITCH TANKS. BOTH ENGS QUIT. LND IN FROZEN WHEAT FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5896J
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hutchinson
N5896JRegistration cancelled Oct 29, 2014 · Beech 95-B55 (T42A)Airframe modelBeech 95-B55 (T42A)Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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Other investigations on N5896J · 1
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