Beech 95-C55 accident near Ulysses, PA
On November 17, 2011, a Beech 95-C55 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Ulysses, PA. 4 people were seriously injured. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- November 17, 2011
- Place
- Ulysses, PA
- Aircraft
- Beech 95-C55 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 0 fatal, 4 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 41.939°N, 77.692°W
- NTSB ID
- 20111117X91407
Official records · ERA12FA074
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Pilot Communications with ATC: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 17, 2011, about 1619 eastern standard time, a twin-engine Hawker Beechcraft Corporation Model 95-C55 Baron, N54552, impacted a garage during a forced landing following a total loss of engine power near Ulysses, Pennsylvania. The airplane was substantially damaged during the impact sequence and consumed by a post-crash fire. The certificated airline transport pilot and three passengers were seriously injured. The airplane was registered to a corporation and operated under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a business flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed for the flight that originated from New Castle Airport (ILG), Wilmington, Delaware, around 1500, with the intended destination of Buffalo Airfield (9G0), Buffalo, New York. According to the pilot, the airplane departed ILG after being serviced with 23 gallons of fuel. The airplane was in cruise flight at 8,000 feet mean sea level (msl), when, due to turbulence and rime icing, the pilot requested a descent to 6,000 feet msl. The pilot then switched the fuel selector positions from the auxiliary fuel tank to the main tank on both the left and right selectors because the auxiliary tanks were "empty." Soon after, the left engine began to surge. The pilot switched the fuel selectors back to the auxiliary tanks, and as he attempted to restore the left engine to full power, the right engine surged. As the pilot performed remedial actions to restore power to the right engine, the left engine stopped produci
Probable cause
The total loss of left engine power due to fuel starvation, and the pilot’s improper configuration of the fuel system during remedial actions, which resulted in fuel starvation of the right engine. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s incomplete preflight inspection and the pilot’s operation of the airplane with a known faulty fuel quantity indicating system.
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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.
