Beech A36 accident near Pensacola, FL
On December 28, 1996, a Beech A36 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Pensacola, FL. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- December 28, 1996
- Place
- Pensacola, FL
- Aircraft
- Beech A36 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 30.469°N, 87.190°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X07130
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On December 28, 1996, at 1105 central standard time, a Beech A-36, N23652, collided with trees five miles north of the Pensacola Regional Airport in Pensacola, Florida, while attempting an emergency landing. The personal flight operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with an instrument approach clearance. Instrument weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane was substantially damaged. The pilot and one passenger were fatally injured, and two passengers were seriously injured. The flight's departure location was from Tampa's Peter O'Knight Airport at an undetermined time. On December 28, 1996, at 0708:26, a man who identified himself as the pilot of N23652, telephoned St. Petersburg Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) and requested an instrument flight briefing weather for a flight from The Peter O'Knight Airport in St. Petersburg, Florida, to Pensacola, Florida. The pilot was given the standard briefing that included existing and forecast weather conditions for the intended route of flight. At the completion of the weather briefing, the pilot filed an instrument flight plan. The pilot reported on the flight plan an enroute flight time of two hours and thirty minutes, and a total fuel endurance of four hours and thirty minutes. There was no further communication between the pilot and the St. Petersburg AFSS. A review of communication information between the pilot and other air traffic control facilities appeared to have been routine for a flight operating under visual weather conditions. According to the passeng
Probable cause
The pilot's mismanagement of the fuel supply that resulted in fuel starvation and the subsequent loss of engine power. A factor was low ceilings.
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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.
