Beech D55 accident near Corsicana, TX
On September 5, 1996, a Beech D55 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Corsicana, TX. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 5, 1996
- Place
- Corsicana, TX
- Aircraft
- Beech D55 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 32.080°N, 96.460°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X06714
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 5, 1996, at approximately 0227 central daylight time, a Beech D55, N873LB, was destroyed following a loss of control while on approach to the Corsicana Municipal Airport, near Corsicana, Texas. The commercial pilot, sole occupant in the airplane, was fatally injured. The airplane was owned and operated by GTA Investments Inc. of Carrollton, Texas, dba GTA Air as a Title 14 CFR Part 135 cargo flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the night cross country cargo flight which originated from Houston, Texas, approximately 57 minutes before the accident. A company VFR flight plan had been filed with the destination of Dallas Love Field, Dallas, Texas. The pilot was employed as a night freight pilot (carrying bank checks) and his scheduled route that night was Monroe, Louisiana, to Shreveport, Louisiana, to Dallas, Texas, to Houston, Texas, to Dallas, Texas, to Shreveport, Louisiana. The first three legs of the night cross country were flown in Beech Baron N303JS, model BE-55E. The pilot changed airplanes in Houston, Texas, to Beech Baron N873LB, model BE-55D. The company Chief Pilot reported to the IIC that normal company fueling procedures were to "top the fuel tanks off in Dallas, and that was more than enough fuel to fly to Houston and return to Dallas." The Chief Pilot further reported that company pilots were trained to "start engines, taxi, takeoff, and climb to cruise altitude on main tanks, and then switch to auxiliary tanks for cruise flight." Auxiliary fuel was to be used until the tanks were empty unless an intermediate la
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain minimum control airspeed which resulted in the loss of control. Factors were the bent collar of the left main fuel tank refueling neck which resulted in fuel siphoning from the tank in flight, the pilot's failure to follow procedures to cross feed fuel from the right main tank to the left engine which led to left engine power loss by fuel starvation, the pilot's lac
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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.
