Beech 95 accident near Chesterfield, MO
On February 6, 1994, a Beech 95 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Chesterfield, MO. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- February 6, 1994
- Place
- Chesterfield, MO
- Aircraft
- Beech 95 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.667°N, 90.573°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001206X00719
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On February 6, 1994, at 1221 hours central standard time, a Beech BE-95 Travel-Air, N9903R, registered to CY Aviation Leasing of Pacific, Missouri, and operated under 14 CFR Part 91, entered the traffic pattern to land at Spirit of St. Louis Airport, Chesterfield, Missouri, the pilot reported "a problem," and the airplane impacted the ground 2 miles southeast of runway 26L. The airplane was destroyed. The instrument rated private pilot and instrument rated private pilot passenger sustained fatal injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated from Spirit of St. Louis Airport at 1150 hours. The aircraft had been flown 1.3 hours in the local area immediately prior to the mishap flight by the instrument rated private pilot passenger. The engine tachometer time was logged to be 4.6 hours. After the initial flight by the mishap passenger, the mishap pilot boarded and assumed the left seat. The mishap flight departed without refueling, and flew 0.8 hours with the tachometer indicating 5.4 hours at impact. Tachometer time since refueling was 2.1 hours. The aircraft was refueled on February 5, 1994, receiving 30.8 gallons, all of which was placed in the left auxiliary fuel tank. The other 3 tanks were observed to be full at that time by the servicing lineman. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The 66 year old pilot-in-command held a private pilot certificate number 498220296, with privileges for single and multiengine instrument flight. He had a total time of 531 hours of which 175 hours was i
Probable cause
incorrect installation of the fuel selector valves during mandatory service bulletin modification which resulted in fuel starvation to both engines and failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain aircraft control during emergency descent. A factor was inadequate quality control prior to publication of the mandatory service bulletin.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
