- Date
- February 18, 1991, 12:40 local (19:40 UTC)
- Place
- Roundup, MT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2772YBeech 95
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910218005429A
- Case key
- 41391
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Probable cause
Partial loss of power for undetermined reasons.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
While at cruise flight and in IMC, the right engine lost partial power. The pilot stated that while he was assessing the problem with the right engine, the left engine also lost partial power. The pilot did not follow the manufacturer's single engine procedures, or engine ice protection procedures. The airplane was unable to maintain altitude and a forced landing was initiated. During the landing roll in an open field, the airplane collided with a ditch. Weather forecasts cautioned of moderate rime icing in the precipitation. Both engines were test run and found to operate within normal parameters.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2772Y
- Reported as
- Beech 95
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TD-149
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ross E. Rogers
- Registered owner
- Ross E. Rogers
- Departed
- LWT · Lewistown, MT
- Destination
- BFF · Scottsbluff, NE
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 28
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,461 total · 104 in this make and model · 1,375 as pilot in command · 83 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 320° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.