Accident · 1992-07-28

NTSB case ANC92LA114 · BEECH 55-95B55B · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1992-07-28
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: BEECH 55-95B55B (N7041M)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: EIELSON AFB AERO CLUB Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): EIELSON AFB AERO CLUB

Probable cause

FUEL STARVATION OF BOTH ENGINES AND THE PILOT'S IMPROPER INFLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION BY NOT GETTING MORE FUEL OR CANCELLING THE FLIGHT. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT NOT FOLLOWING PROCEDURES/DIRECTIVES (THE AIRPLANE FLIGHT MANUAL) WHEN HE OPERATED THE ENGINES FROM THE AUXILIARY FUEL TANKS WHILE IN A DESCENT, AND THEN FAILED TO USE THE FUEL BOOST PUMPS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE ENGINES.

Source: NTSB case ANC92LA114

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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